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THE  RECEIPTS  BY  REV.  H.  W.  BELLOWS,  D.D. 


DCRING     HIS    RESIDENCE    IN    SAN    FRANCISCO- 


SAN     FRANCISCO: 
S.    H.    WADE    &   CO.,    STEAM    BOOK    AND    JOB    PRINTERS, 

Corner  of  Washington  and  Kearnj  Streets. 

1865. 


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CONTENTS 


PAGE. 

Introductory 7 

Contributions  by  Counties 9 

Recapitulation  by  Counties 33 

Total  of  Receipts 34 

Recapitulation  of  Disbursements 34 

Supplement,  containing  Dr.  Bellows'  Receipts 3i> 

Secretary's  Report 43 


INTRODUCTORY. 


The  occasion  of  a  reorganization  of  the  committee 
selected  in  this  city,  more  than  two  years  ago,  for  the 
collection  and  remittance  of  the  charities  of  the  people 
for  the  aid  of  sick  and  wounded  soldiers,  and  the  end  of 
its  existence  as  a  merely  local  organization,  seemed  a 
proper  time  for  them  to  prepare  and  publish  an  account 
of  the  moneys  so  received,  with  a  statement  of  the  entire 
action  of  the  committee.  They  therefore  offer  herein  a 
detailed  account  of  all  the  moneys  of  which  the  generous 
people  of  this  coast  has  made  them  the  Trustees,  and  of 
the  manner  in  wrhich  they  have  fulfilled  that  trust. 

Following  the  account  of  the  Treasurer,  Jas.  Otis,  is 
the  report  of  the  Secretary,  A.  L.  Tubbs,  giving  a  his 
tory  of  the  movement  up  to  the  formation  of  "  The  Cali 
fornia  Branch  of  the  United  States  Sanitary  Commis 
sion,"  August  llth,  1864. 

During  the  residence  of  Dr.  Bellows  in  this  State,  he 
was  the  constant  recipient  of  contributions  to  the  Sani 
tary  Fund  from  various  portions  of  this  State  and  the 
adjoining  States  and  Territories,  and  the  Sandwich 
Islands.  In  the  pressure  of  engagements  up  to  the  hour 
of  his  departure  for  the  East,  he  was  unable  to  make 


INTRODUCTORY. 


any  public  acknowledgment  of  the  receipts  in  n  detailed 
statement.  From  memoranda  which  he  left,  a  full  and 
complete  list  of  all  the  donations  received  from  the  date 
of  his  arrival  in  San  Francisco,  April  31st,  to  that  of  his 
departure,  September  23d,  1864,  has  been  prepared,  and 
appears  as  a  supplement  following  the  Treasurer's  Ke- 
port. 

This  pamphlet  does  not  contain  a  complete  statement 
of  all  the  moneys  contributed  to  the  Sanitary  Fund 
during  the  existence  of  this  committee  by  the  people  of 
the  Pacific  Coast,  or  even  of  this  State.  Committees 
have  also  existed  in  other  communities,  through  whom 
large  donations  have  been  made  for  the  same  charitable 
object.  In  this  connection  may  be  mentioned  the  com 
mittees  formed  in  Nevada  and  Oregon,  and  those  having 
their  headquarters  at  Sacramento,  Stockton  and  Marys- 
ville,  in  this  State. 

The  committee  take  this  opportunity  to  make  public 
acknowledgment  of  their  obligations  to  Messrs.  Wells, 
Fargo  &  Co.,  who  conveyed,  free  of  expense,  almost 
daily,  contributions  from  various  portions  of  the  Pacific 
Coast  to  the  Sanitary  Fund,  through  the  medium  of  this 
committee,  and  to  the  loyal  press  of  this  coast,  for  their 
cordial  espousal  of  the  cause  of  the  suffering  soldier. 


^croft  Library 

CONTRIBUTIONS 


RECEIVED      BY      THE 


SOLDIER'S'  RELIEF  FUND  COMMITTEE, 

OF     SAN     FRANCISCO, 

From  September  13, 1862,  to  August  13, 1864. 


ALAMEDA  COUNTY. 

1862.  Nov.   22.     Sunday  School 

1863.  Sept.  11.     Polls 

ALVARADO. 

18G4.         July      6.     Ladies'  Dinner  and   Flag 
Presentation  to  Alvarado* 

Guards 

July    1C.     Monitor  Precinct 

BROOKLYN. 

1862.  Dec.   11.     Public  School 

1864.  Mar.  27.     Ladies'  Fair 

HAYWARD'S. 
1864.         Jan'y   2 

MOUNT  EDEN. 

1863.  Sept.  11.     Polls 

MONONA  FLAT. 

1862.  Oct.    23 

OAKLAND. 

1863.  Sept.    4.  Polls 

1864.  Feb.   19 i  $25  00 

O 


5  10  .. 
176  25 


350  .. 
52  . 


6  .. 
460  . 


27  50 


213  95 


100  . 


300  50 
234  . 


10                                        ALAMEDA     COUNTY. 

SAN  LEANDRO. 
1863.         Sept.  22.     A.  M.  Church  

CURRENCY 

COIN. 

$   14   10 

Dec.   19.              Do.                   

$>  20 

18G4.         March  I.               Do.            

20 

"     24.              Do.           

10 

May    14  

10 

July      2.     A.  M.  Church  

10 

"        6.     Picnic    

28 

74  50 

Au(*.     2.  ...                          

9 

"       13.     A.  M.  Church  

10 

COUNTY  AT  LARGE. 

1862.         Nov.  10  

7,885  95 

Dec.   30.     By  S.  S.  Huff          

20    .. 

435 

1863.         April  11.               Do  

140    .  . 

320  50 

1864.         Feb.   25.               Do.             

**%  28 

Total  

$270    .. 

10718  25 

AMADOR  COUNTY. 

DRYTOWN. 
1862.         Dec.   17  

FIDDLETOWN. 
1863.         Dec.    15.     Ladies  

&z4y   50 

IONE  VALLEY. 

1862.         Oct.    20  

QOQ     CA 

Nov.    12.  .. 

fiO     OK 

Dec.    11  

7K 

1863.         Dec.      2.  • 

ft      07 

JACKSON. 

1863.         Nov.  24  

r\ 

Dec.     3  

MARKLEEVILLE. 
1864.     June  14.     Ladies'  Festival 

O7A     KA 

SUTTER  CREEK. 
1862.         Oct.    29. 

907£    >\f\ 

Dec.    17  

i  KA 

1863.         April  24  

VOLCANO. 

1862.         Oct.    21.     Hook  and  Ladder  Co. 
Nov.     3.  ... 

S  10    .. 

15    .. 

Qfin 

1863.        March  4.     Ball,  Volcano  Blues 

102  50 

Total  

$10 

jtQQn^     AO 

BUTTE    COUNTY. 

11 

BUTTE  COUNTY. 

BUTTE  VALLEY. 
1863.         Sept.  16.     Polls     

CURRENCY. 

COIN. 
$74 

CHEROKEE. 

1863.         Sept.  14.     Polls  

33 

CHICO. 

1863.         Oct.    23.     Polls     

66  40 

FORBESTOWN. 
1862.         Dee.    16  

$200 

250    .. 

1864.         May    20.                     .              

329 

MORRIS  RAVINE. 
1863.         Feb.      5  

108    .. 

OROVILLE. 
1862.         Dec.      3  

584  50 

1863          Feb.      5.              

80   .. 

84    .. 

May    20.                 

50    .. 

64    .. 

70   .. 

An".  12.  . 

1    .. 

158  50 

Sept.     7  

431   75 

Dec.      1.                 

5   .. 

272  80 

1864          Feb       2.                    ,  

72   .  . 

COUNTY  AT  LARGE. 

1863          Sept.  14.     Various  Polls  

257    .. 

Total  

S350   .. 

$2840  95 

CALAVERAS  COUNTY. 

ANGEL'S  CAMP. 

1863           Sept     4.     Polls                 

$  65  10 

CAMANCHE. 
1863          Nov      5.                 

11   10 

CAMPO  SECO. 

1869          Oct.    20.             

$  15   .. 

535   .. 

Dec     11.             

15   .. 

1863          Sept     5      Polls                         

69  10 

Oct     26      Polls                 

27   .. 

Nov.   27  

100   .. 

12                                    CALAVERAS    COUNTY. 

CHILI. 

1  Qfi9             Or»t      93                                          

CURRENCY. 

COIN. 

$100  50 

j^ov       7               

144    .  . 

COPPEROPOLIS. 

1  Kfi9           Or*t       8 

520   .. 

Ort      25 

313  50 

Dec     17                    

220   .. 

1863          Feb     25.         

15    .  . 

Sept      7      Polls                 

128    .. 

Oct     26      Polls             

6  25 

Dec      9           

303   .. 

JENNY  LIND. 

IQCO          Nov    10 

125   .. 

1863          Jan     21  

&  20     . 

7  50 

MOKELUMNE  HILL. 
1862          Oct     23.             

117 

Dec     16.                

50 

950 

Dec     17.          

35 

Dec.    17.     Calaveras  River  District. 
1863          Sept   17      Polls         

30   .. 
304  80 

MURPHY'S. 

1863          Sept  16.     Polls  

59  50 

1864          June     8.                 

154 

July     9.     Ball  and  Supper        

541    25 

ROBINSON'S  FERRY. 

1863          July      6. 

282   .. 

Sept.  16.     Polls     

15  35 

SAN  ANDREAS  AND   GREASERTOWN. 
1862          Sept.  22.           

404 

Oct       9.             .          .          

1000 

Oct.    20  

87 

^ov.    12  

80 

Dec.    10  

431 

1863.         Sept.  17.     Polls  5th  &  10th  townships 
Dec.      2  

246    .. 
22 

SIX  MILE  BAR. 

1863.         Sept.  10.     Polls  8th  township  

10 

VALLECITO. 

1862.         Oct.    10  

403  50 

1863.         Sept.    8.     Polls  

55  50 

Total  

S85 

$7932  95 

COLUSA    COUNTY.                                          13 

1863. 
1863. 

1863. 

c 

1863. 
1863. 

1863. 
1864. 

1863. 

1864. 

1862. 
1863. 
1864. 

1863. 
1863. 

1864. 

COLUSA  COUNTY. 

COLUSA. 

Oct.      2.     Polls  

rrUREXCY. 

COIN. 

SS43   75 
79    .  . 

275    .. 

PRINCETON. 
Oct.    20.     Polls  

COUNTY  AT  LARGE. 
Jan       8.                        

Total  

S397'75 

ONTRA  COSTA  COUNTY. 

ALAMO. 
Sept     5.     Polls            

S  10  .. 

2   .. 
5   .. 

1    .. 

5    .. 

18   .. 

$14    .  . 

29  60 
5   .. 

125  05 
15   .. 
33  60 
29   .. 

45   75 
20    .. 

100    .. 
108  50 
105    .. 

160  35 

105   .. 
160   .. 

46  50 

ANTIOCH. 
Sept     4.     Polls                      

Sept.    9.     Union  man's  bet  

CLAYTON. 
Sept.    4.     Polls  

Oct     26      Polls           

Mch    31.     Union  League  

MARTINEZ. 
Sept     5      Polls              

Oct.    26.     Polls,  Pinole  precinct.  .  .  . 

PACHECO. 

Sept    20.                                

Sept     4.     Polls           

\pril    i                           

SAN  PABLO. 
Sept.    4.           

SOMERSVILLE. 
Sept.    7.     Polls  

Dee     iy              

WALNUT  CREEK. 
jan     11                           

14 

COXTRA    COSTA    COUNTY 

• 

1862. 

COUNTY  AT  LARGE. 
Oct.    29.               

CURRKNCY. 

COIN. 

$1282  50 

1863. 

Feb.   17.     By  O.  C.  Coffin  
Anril  28.                 Do. 

$565     .. 

207    .. 
325 

Total  

$601 

82916  85 

1864. 

DEL  NORTE  COUNTY. 

CRESCENT  CITY. 

May     7.     Volunteers  

$  SO   .. 

1862. 

HAPPY  CAMP. 
Dec.   16  

$195   .. 

1862. 

COUNTY  AT   LARGE. 
Oct.    29  

936      . 

1863. 

Oct.    28  

15   .. 

138  60 

Dec.    22  

58   .. 

49 

Total  

$103   .. 

$1318  60 

1862. 

EL  DORADO  COUNTY. 

COLOMA. 
Nov.    13  

$  15    .. 

$1031   50 

1863. 

Sept.    8.     Polls  

]  1 

1862. 

EL  DORADO. 
Oct.    29  

541    75 

Nov.    20  

5 

60 

Nov.    20.     Spanish  Camp,  &c.  .  . 

179  50 

1863. 

Jan.    13  

10 

March  5.     Spanish  Camp. 

48 

1862. 

FAIRPLAY. 
Nov.   20  

107  50 

1862. 

GEORGETOWN. 
Sept.  23  

200 

Nov.      3  

on   F.A 

1863. 

Sept.    5.     Polls  

62 

Sept.     5.     Polls,  Volcanoville  . 

50 

1864. 

March  2.     Ladies  

I 

300   75 

1862. 

GREENWOOD. 
Nov.     7  

i  (>^\ 

Nov.     8.  ... 

1  1\  i   x.r\ 

EL   DORADO    COUNTY. 

15 

KELSEY. 
18C2.         Dec.      4  

CUKKKNCY 

conr. 

$400 

NEWTOWN. 

1863.         Jan.    14  

S  30 

83  75 

PILOT  HILL  (CENTREVILLE). 
1862.         Nov.    13  

«>02   75 

1863.         Sept.    4.     Polls  .  .  . 

•23 

PLACER  VILLE.- 

18C2.         Oct.    20  

3517   70 

Nov.    20  

680   .. 

1251  80 

Nov.    20.     P.  &  Sac.  Road  

172  50 

1863.         Jan.    14  

395   .. 

115  50 

Jan.    14.     Pleasant  Valley  

90   ... 

April  28  

145   .. 

10   .. 

Sept.  11.     Polls,  Upper  Placerville  .. 
Sept.  1  7.     Various  Polls  

113   .. 

112  25 
84  50 

^ov.   30  

59  25 

1864.         Jan.    21.     Ladies'  Festival  

13   .. 

1462  25 

RED  HILL. 
1862.         Oct.    1C  

158  50 

1864.         Jan.    28  

70    .. 

STRAWBERRY  VALLEY. 
1863.         June  13  

108   .. 

DNIONTOWN. 

1862.          Oct.     17  

1000   .. 

Total  

S1396   .. 

11886   75 

HUMBOLDT  COUNTY. 

ARCATA. 
1863.         Feb.      5. 

$269  50 

1864.         July    25.     Festival,  July  4th  

$456   .. 

EUREKA. 
1862.         Dec.     6  

200    .  . 

1868.         Feb.     5  

5478  50 

Oct.      5.     Polls  

4    .. 

10   .. 

1864.         Feb.    24. 

1164  60 

Total  

$460   .. 

$7122  60 

16                                      KLAMATH    COUNTY. 

KLAMATH  COUNTY. 

FORKS  OF  SALMON. 
1868.        May    20.     (Via  Yreka)  

CUKEKXCY. 

COIN. 

$  43  50 

LOS  ANGELES  COUNTY. 

FORT  TEJON. 

1863          Oct     3*1.                         

$   15 

LOS  ANGELES. 
1862          Oct.       7.                       .-  

380 

$118 

1863.        June  17  '  

80 

90 

NEW  SAN  PEDRO  (WILMINGTON). 
1863         Jan.    16.                                

695 

I 

Total         

$1170 

^139 

MARIN  COUNTY. 

BOL1NAS. 

1863.         Sept.    4.     Polls  

$     7    .. 

SAN  QUENTIN. 
1863.         Dec.     8.     Attaches  State  Prison  
1864.         July      6  m.  .  .  . 

$406    .  . 
1330 

TOMALES. 
1864.         Jan.    30  

40 

Total  

$1736 

$47 

MARIPOSA  COUNTY. 

BEAR  VALLEY. 
1863.         Oct.    10.     Polls  

$  31   55 

COULTERVILLE. 
1863.         July      8  

$  27 

243  50 

Sept.    8.  . 

32 

MARIPOSA. 
1862.         Nov.   22. 

137 

1864.         Feb.    12.  ... 

40 

1254 

MAHIPOSA    COrXTY. 


MARTPOSA  ESTATE. 

Anril     ti.  . 


COUNTY  AT  LARGE. 

Oct.     22.  . 


Total . 


MENDOCINO  COUNTY. 

XOYO  MILLS. 

,Mav      2.  . 


URIAH. 
Nov.     3. 


CURRENCY.          COIN. 

1GCC  50 
749  50 


$€7    . 


84114  05 


S472 


115 


1862. 
1864. 


COUNTY  AT  LARGE. 

Oct.    20  .............. 

Jan.    18.     Ladies'  Fair. 


Total . 


1863. 


1863. 


1863. 


1864. 


MONTEREY  COUNTY. 

MONTEREY. 

Sept.  16.     Polls  ............ 


XATIVIDAD. 
Oct.    27.     Polls 


SAN  JUAN. 

Jan.    22.     By  Flint,  Bixby  &  Co  . 
Oct.    24.     Polls  .  . 


COUNTY    AT  LARGE. 
June     1  .............. 

8  .............. 


Total . 


1862. 
1863. 


NAPA  COUNTY. 

NAPA  CITY. 

Oct.    20  ................ 

Sept.  19.     Polls,  &c  ...... 

Nov.  28.  Thanksgiving.  . 


Total. 


1588  50 
310  .. 

§2486  . 


S  5  . 


350  . 


S  17  75 


112  50 
26  15 


490  ..    41  50 

21  .     24  50 


S866  .  .  I  S222  40 


S165  .. 


S1500  .. 
210  17 
50  . 


§165  ..  S1760  17 


NEVADA    COrXTY. 


NEVADA  COUNTY. 


BRIDGEPORT. 
1864.         July    12.     Festival,  July  4th ;  S1000 

BIRCHVILLE. 

1862.  Nov.   24 |  700 

1863.  Jan.    15.     Ladies !  140 

May    11.     Ladies. 

CHALK  BLUFF. 

1862.  Nov.    8 127  50 

FRENCH  CORRAL. 

1863.  Sept.  21.     Polls 10650 

GRASS  VALLEY. 

1862.  Nov.    12 ;  ,   5200 

1863.  April    1 9o7   ?P 

Dec.      g '    "  '  "j  * 

1864.  May    10 '  ' 

July    16.     Ball,  July  4th ...'.' 

MOORE'S  FLAT. 
1864.         May    26 

NEVADA  CITY. 

1863.  Feb.    25 

1864.  Jan.    15.     Colored  persons  and  others  99  95 

May    24 ;     s  3   _       1597 

May    24.     Colored  persons. 

NORTH  SAN  JUAN. 

1862.  Sept.  23 

Dec.      6 , 

Dec.      6.     Lodge  No.  67,  I.  O.  O.  F.   ' 
Dec.    12.     Manzanita  Lodge,  F.  A.M.   i 

1863.  Sept.  10.     Polls.... 

Nov.  24.     Social  Circle '. 

Nov.   30.     Thanksgiving,  M.  E.  Ch 

Dec'    2l'     Thanks°'LvinS  Bal1 5   . .       308  61 

RED  DOG. 

Oct.    22 520 

SWEETLAND. 

3863.         Jan.    21.  .  ,a, 

loo    .  , 


NEVADA    COUNTY. 


19 


YOU  BET. 
1862.         Dec.      3. 


COUNTY  AT   LARGE. 

1863.         Sept.  21.     Various  Polls. 


Total 


eCRUKXCY.  COIS- 

•2-11    L'.'J 


522  35 


814   ..<16123  96 


1862. 
1863. 


PLACER  COUNTY. 

AUBURN. 

Dec.      2.     Currency  draft j  $1270  12 

Sept.  10 

Oct.      5.     Polls  .  . 


AUBURN   STATION. 
1863.         Feb.    10.  . 


DUTCH  FLAT. 

1862.  Oct.    27 

Nov.    24 

1863.  March  7 

May    18 

1864.  May    14.     Polls,  Sept.  1863 


GOLD  RUN  (MOUNTAIN  SPRINGS). 

1862.  Nov.   12.     Relief  Society 

Dec.    12.  Do.  

1863.  Jan.    17.  Do.  

Feb.    16.  Do.  

May    11.  Do.  

Nov.  25.  Do.  


ILLINOISTOWN. 

1863.         Nov.    16 


IOWA  HILL. 

1862.         Oct.    10 

Dec.    20 

1864.         Mch.  17.     Ladies' Festival . 


LINCOLN. 

1863.         Sept.    5.     Polls 
Oct.    27 


MICHIGAN  BLUFF. 

1862.  Oct.  29 

No  .  29 

1863.  Feb.  20.  Bath 


$121  70 
75  . 


40 


1035  .. 

130  .. 

7  50 

876  50 

112  . 


108  50 
75  .. 
65  50 
44  .. 

148  50 
30  . 


5  90 


250  .. 
125  .. 
524  75 


26 

70 


844  25 
133  25 
140  . 


20                                           PLACER    COUNTY. 

.    CURRENCY. 

MICHIGAN  BLUFF  (Continued). 
1861          Fob       1      Lei^t  Chance      I 

COIN. 

20    .. 
50   .  . 
43    .. 
42    .. 
28    .. 
33    .. 

.00  25 

A-nril   1  9                   Do 

May    1  0             Do                

July    20             Do                

TODD'S  VALLEY   (KNOXVILLE). 
1864          June  14      Miners'  Meeting  '> 

Total  !|S127 

$5253  60 

PLUMAS  COUNTY. 

MARION  FLAT  (LONGVILLE). 

1864          Mch     '?7     Gold  dust,  value  .... 

$135    .  . 

2S8    .  . 
50    .  . 

297  50 
100    .  . 
242    .  . 

105    .  . 
36    .  . 

NELSON  POINT. 

1862           Oct     29.                             ii 

1863          Sept    11                             i 

QUINCY. 

1869          Nov    22.     17  oz.  fold  dust          .      .  . 

1863          Sept.  26.     Polls          

1864.         June  11  $  12    .  . 

SPANISH  RANCH. 
1863          Dec.    10.                    

TAYLORVILLE. 

1863.         Sept.  21.     Polls  ' 

Total  $12   .. 

$1233  50 

SACRAMENTO   COUNTY. 

FOLSOM. 
1862.          Oct.     29  $300 

$1200    .  . 

15 
10    .  . 
130    .. 
41   50 
50    .. 
50    .. 

85    .. 

Nov.    11  10 

Dec.     19  

1863.         ,fan.     30  | 
Sept.      7     Polls  

Oct.     23     Polls  

1862.        Nov.    1  1     Natoma  W.  &  M.  Co.  .    . 

Dec.     19                    Do.                          i 

1863.         Jan.     30                     Do.               j       50   .  . 
March  20                    Do.              M       15   .. 

SACRAMENTO    COUNTY. 

21 

FOLSOM  (Continued). 
June      4     Natoma  W.  &  M.  Co  

CURRENCY. 
$100     .. 

COIN. 

Sept     29                     Do. 

200 

Dec.     22                     Do.              

150   .. 

1864          March  2                     Do.               

100   .. 

Jrne    29                     Do.               

MICHIGAN  BAR. 
1863           Sept.    15     Polls  

200   .. 

S  30   .  . 

Sept.    1  5     Polls,  Cook's  Bar  

13   75 

MORMON   ISLAND. 
1862          Dec      10                                        

91    .  . 

ONISBO. 
1863           Sept.      8     Polls  

34  20 

SACRAMENTO  CITY. 

1863.         March  21     Members  of  State  Legis 
lature  

655    .. 

March  21     Nevada  Hose  Co   

25    .. 

Mav     1  1                 Do.             

25    .. 

Sept.     4     Polls  

860  85 

Oct.      14     Polls  

221   60 

Nov.     28     Cong.  Ch.   Thanksgiving. 
Dec        1     Grace  Church  

114   75 
100   .. 

Dec.     15     African  E.  Church  

15    .. 

VIOLA. 
1862          Nov      94                                        

5   .  . 

WALNUT  GROVE. 
1862           Oct.     29             

500    .. 

1863           Sept      4     Polls          

41    .. 

1864          Feb.     11       

42  50 

Total  

$1125  .. 

S4521  15 

SAN  BERNARDINO  COUNTY. 

1864          Mav     16     Union  League  

$360 

SAN  DIEGO  COUNTY. 

1864          Jan      5       Geo  McKinstrv,  Jr.     .  .  . 

S  25    .. 

22                                   SAN    JOAQUIN    COUNTY. 

SAN  JOAQUIN  COUNTY. 

STOCKTON. 

1864          Feb      18     Colored  persons          

CURRVNCV. 

$     9    .. 

05    .. 
189    .. 
563    .. 

COIN. 

$  10  .. 
131   50 

26    .. 
423   75 
10   70 

Alav     14     Polls                     

COUNTY  AT  LARGE. 
1  a/?Q           ^ont-       0     Tlv  T"   T?    Anthonv 

Sept      9     By  C   O  Burton     

Oct.     27               Do.               Polls  .  .  . 
Total  

$856    .  . 

$601   95 

SAN  LUIS  OBISPO   COUNTY. 

PURISSIMA. 

1863          Sept     5       Polls                           

$  21   05 
524    .. 

COUNTY  AT  LARGE. 
1862          Dec      2       By  Alex.  Murray  

Total  

$545  05 

SAN  MATEO  COUNTY. 

REDWOOD  CITY. 

1863.         Sept.   5       Polls  

$100   .. 

$101   95 
20  80 

72  50 

256    ... 
59   60 
33    .. 

Nov.  23       Polls  

SEARSVILLE. 
1862.         Nov.    1   

WOODSIDE. 

1862.         Nov.     12  

1863.         Sept.      5     Polls  

Dec.     24     Post  Master  

Total  

$100    .  . 

$543  85 

SANTA  BARBARA    COUNTY. 

1864.         Aug.    9       By  Henry  Games  

$  81    .. 

—  . 

SANTA    CLARA    COUNTY.                                    '2'->> 

& 

1863. 
1863. 

1862. 

1863. 
1864. 

1863. 
1864 

1862. 
1863. 

1864. 

£ 
1863. 

1863. 

1863. 

1862. 
1863. 

kNTA  CLARA  COUNTY. 

ALVISO. 
Sept.   4       Polls  

'  CURRENCY. 

S  20    .  . 

540   .. 
120   .. 
90   ..' 
220   .. 

COIN'. 

$  35    .. 
8  50 
27  25 

175    .. 
45    ... 

160  55 
68    .. 

30    .  . 

39  90 
120    .. 
170    .. 

6466  85 
945    .  . 
136   75 
195    .. 

GILROY. 
Sept.   4       Polls  

MAYFIELD. 
Sept.   4       Polls  

MOUNTAIN  VIEW. 
Oct.  23       Ball,  Oct.  17     .... 

Oct.   23       Contributions   

SAN  JOSE. 
Oct.   22       Polls  

Nov.  28       Rev.  O.  B.  Stone's  Church 
Aug.    6       School  House  Party  

SANTA  CLARA. 
Aug.  10       M.  E.  Church  

Sept.    5       Polls      

Feb.  12  .    .  .«  

COUNTY  AT  LARGE. 
Nov.  20       By  Elliott  Reed  

Jan.  21                  Do.           i 

Sept.  14                  Do.           

July  23                  Do. 

Total  

$990   .. 

$8622  80 

;ANTA  CRUZ  COUNTY. 

PESCADERO. 
Jan.        7       

$  65   .. 

$110   .. 
17   50 

200    .. 
90  1U 

9    .. 

2000    .  . 
500    .. 
20    .. 

March  19                                        

SANTA  CRUZ. 
Alay  11       Charade  Party 

Sept.   4       Polls                    

SOQUEL. 
Sept     14     Polls                        

WATSONVILLE. 
Oct.  10       Pajaro  Relief  Fund  Ass'n 
Nov.  12                        Do. 
Sept    9       Polls                              .... 

24                                   SANTA    CRUZ    COUNTY. 

COUNTY  AT  LARGE. 

186^          Nov    20                         

(TKKKNCV. 
$520     ... 

COIN". 

$1380    .  . 

Total  

$585   .  . 

$4826  60 

SHASTA  COUNTY. 

1869          Oct      9       Bv  Felix  Tracv       

• 

1000    .  . 
500    . 
401    .. 
118  50 
190  25 

Oct    20                Do                        .... 

JJ0V          \                               \)Q                                   

1863          Sept  16                Do                        .... 

Dec  12                Do.                   

Of  this  amount  there  was  contributed   by  — 
Churntown  $92  50 

$2209   75 

French  Gulch                     173  00 

938  62 

Vurman'g  Mill                 20  00 

Millville  202  50 

Shasta,  ic  1,512  50 

\\  Inskey  Creek           192  50 

T0tui           $2,209  75 

1864          March    1     Ladies'  Count.v  Ball  

• 
Total  

$3148  37 

SIERRA  COUNTY. 

ALLEGHANY  AND  CUMBERLAND. 
1862.         Dec.    3  

$518  50 
320  50 

50    .  . 
36    .  . 

200   .. 
132   .. 

185    .  . 
180    .. 
71    .. 

COLD  CANON. 

1862.         Nov.    8  

DOWNIEVILLE. 

1863.         June  27  

Nov.  20       Polls  

FOREST  CITY. 
1862.         Deo.    3  

GOODYEAR'S  BAR. 

1862.         Dec.  18  •    .  .  . 

LA  PORTE. 
1863.        Mav  11  

July  13  

Nov.  18  

SIERRA    COUNTY. 

25 

PORT  WINE. 
1863.         May     9  

CURRENCY. 

COIX. 

$366 

SIERRA  VALLEY. 
1863.         Jan.     9     

128  50 

COUNTY  AT  LARGE. 

1862.         Nov.  11     

2924   75 

1863.         Oct.      5  

915  80 

Total  

$6028  05 

SISKIYOU  COUNTY. 

1862.         Oct.  22       By  E.  Wadsworth 

$4000   .. 

Nov.    4                    Do.                   .... 

1500   .. 

Dec.     1                     Do.              

8    40     .. 

768  50 

1863.         Feb  25                     Do. 

77  50 

May  20                     Do. 

67  50 

Sept    1                     Do. 

20   .. 

53  30 

Sept  14                     Do.               

180  38 

1864.         Mch.   8                     Do. 

20   .. 

1324   75 

Aprill3                      Do                 

35   .. 

540   .. 

July  13                     Do.               

60   .. 

847  20 

Total  

$175   .. 

$9359  13 

SOLANO  COUNTY. 

BENICIA. 
1862.         Dec.  20                          

$860   .. 

• 

$1140   .. 

1863         Jan.     5                                 

600   .. 

285  50 

Sept.    8       Polls              

45   .. 

155  40 

Dec    15       St  Paul's  Church  

8   .. 

117    .. 

1864          May  27                              .      •.  

116    .. 

DENVERTON. 
1863.         Mch.  19                 

35    .. 

Sept.  11                              

85    .. 

MAINE  PRAIRIE. 
1862          Nov   22                     .            

25   .. 

162    . 

1863          Sept  11      Polls                   .              ... 

33  25 

Sept  23                                    

42  25 

RIO  VISTA. 
1863          Jan    20                                      

34  50 

Sept  1  1       Polls            

20   .. 

4 

26 

SOLANO    COUNTY. 

1862. 
1863. 

1864. 
1863. 

1863. 
1862. 

1863. 

1863. 
1864. 

1862. 
1863. 

1863. 

1862. 
1864 

1863 
1864 

SUISUN  CITY. 
Orf       1                                              

CURRENCY, 

215   .. 
15    .. 
11    .. 
150   .. 
3    .. 

60   .. 
17    .. 

COIN. 

555    .. 
169    .. 
65   75 
108  50 

19  80 

17  45 

20    .. 

4  25 

100    .. 
1740    .. 

43  50 
83  45 

jjov    20                    

Tulv  30       Union  Convention       .... 

Sept  11       Polls                 

j)ec    17                         

Mph  24                                           

TREMONT. 

Spnt    1  1          Polls    No.  2                           .  •  •  • 

Nov     7      Polls  No  1             

VACAVILLE. 
Sept  11      Polls             

VALLEJO. 
Oct.   15      Hook  and  Ladder  Co  
Oct    29      Navy  Yard       

Dec.  26       Navy  Yard,  Journeymen 
Painters              

Sept    4       Polls          

Total  

$2125    .. 

$5036  60 

SONOMA    COUNTY. 

'  BLOOMFIELD. 
Feb    26                        

5    . 

338  50 
626  75 

122    .. 
10    .. 

20    .. 

1C    .. 
11    .  . 

5    .. 

520  50 
1    25 
110    .. 

Jan.  13              

BODEGA. 
Dec.  17  

March  2              

CLOVERDALE. 

Sept.  14       Polls                    

GEYSERVILLE. 
Oct.  29  

Oct.  30  

Jan.   20  

July     2  

HEALDSBURG. 
Dec.     7       Ladies  

June  25  

Aug.    9       R.  Hertel,  to  date  

SONOMA    COUNTY.                                         27 

PET  ALUM  A. 
1862.         Oct.   25  

CURRENCY, 

$  10   .. 

COIN. 

82000   .. 
37    .  . 
252  50 
130   .. 

28  25 

108  50 
22   .. 

1863          April   9             •  

Xov.  28       Promenade  Concert    .... 

Dec.     1       Union  Meeting  

SANTA  ROSA. 

1864          April  20               

July     25       •'  Growlers."  

SONOMA. 
1862          Nov.  24               

1863          Sept    4       Polls          

Total  

S15   ..!$4359  25 

STANISLAUS  COUNTY. 

KNIGHT  S  FERRY. 
1862          Oct    29                                  

$  10   .. 
25    .. 

S525  75 
13  50 
41   20 
9  20 
319   .. 
10   .. 

• 
13    .. 

1863          Au"   22                   

Sept  10       Polls            

Dec    16       Polls    various  

1864          Jan     20               

June  16                      

*LA  GRANGE. 
1863          Sept  29                       

Total         

S35   .. 

S931  65 

SUTTER  COUNTY. 

MATES'  PRECINCT. 
1862          Nov    15                         

f 

$  25   .. 

$200   .. 
28   .. 
375   .. 
600   .. 

WEST  BUTTE  PRECINCT. 
1  863          Oct    1  2       Polls      

YUBA  CITY. 
1863          Jan      1                     

COUNTY  AT  LARGE. 
1863          Feb    96          .          

Total  

S25  00  $1203   .  . 

28 

TEHAMA    COUNTY. 

1869 

TEHAMA  COUNTY. 

RED  BLUFF. 
Oct    10                    '    

CURRENCY. 

320 

COIN. 

780  25 

1862 

TEHAMA. 
Nov.  15               

64  50 

1863 

Sept.    7       Polls  

81 

Oct.  27       Polls    \    .  

18  25 

Total  

|    "ttqOA 

$944 

1862. 

TRINITY  COUNTY. 

DOUGLAS  CITY. 
Oct.   25  

300 

1863. 

Dec.     4  

32 

1864. 

TRINITY  CENTRE. 
Feb.  12  

72  50 

1862. 

WEAVERVILLE. 
Oct.    27  

2108 

1863. 

Sept.  15      Polls  

53 

Nov.     7  

86   75 

1862. 

COUNTY  AT  LARGE. 
Dec.     6  

268  62 

1863. 

Jan.     8  

136 

Total  

$3056  87 

1864. 
1863. 

TULARE  COUNTY. 

COSO  MINING  DISTRICT. 
Jan.     7      Miners,  Josephine  Co  .... 

RUSS  MINING  DISTRICT. 

April  2      Miners  

130    .. 
172  50 

1862. 

VISALIA. 

Oct.    27  ... 

1863. 

Jan.     8  .  . 

105 

95 

Oct.      8  

145 

127   75 

1864. 

April    1       Ladies,  Jan.  15th  [.. 

30    .. 

Total  

$280    .. 

$700  25 

TUOLUMXE    COUNTY. 


29 


TUOLUMNE  COUNTY. 

BIG  OAK  FLAT. 

1864.        June  30      Estate  of  Peter  Stemmer. 


'    CCRRENCYJ         COIX. 


8100 


CHINESE  CAMP. 
1863.         Sept.   5       Polls 

COLUMBIA. 

1862.  Oct.  17 

Nov.  13 

Dec.  16 

1863.  Jan.   14       Tuolumne  Engine  Co .... 

Jan.   14  

Feb.  28 

April    3 

April  24 

May  27 

June  25 

July  30 

Sept.    2 

Oct.      6 

Oct.      8       Polls  .  .|t 

Nov.     9 

Dec.     7 

1864.  Jan.     7  

Feb.  12 

April    5 

May  16 

June  22  

July  20 

July  30 

1863.         April  13     Turner,  Hurd  &  Co.,  3  mos. 

GAROTTE. 
1862.         Oct.   25 

JAMESTOWN.  • 
1862.         Nov.  28 

MONTEZUMA. 

1862.         Nov.  28 

SHAW'S  FLAT. 

1862.  Nov.  22 

1863.  Sept.  19       Polls 

SONORA. 

1862.  Nov.  10 

1863.  Sept.  19   Polls 

1864.  July  26 


S  22  10 


417  .. 

420  .. 

425  .. 

110  .. 

425  .. 

300  .. 

300  .. 

300  .. 

300  .. 

300  .. 

266  .. 

171  .. 

174  .. 

70  25 

247  .. 

104  .. 

100  .. 
81  50 
80  .. 
70  .. 

101  .. 
62  50 

266  .. 

36  . 


50  . 


100 


500  ... 


50 
26 


1066  75 
72  .. 
30  . 


30 

TUOLUMNE    COUNTY. 

SUGAR  PINE  PRECINCT. 

Ont       8                                         

CURRENCY, 

COIN. 

$969    .. 

COUNTY  AT  LARGE. 

Oct    29       John  Sanborn          

1000    .  . 

lob  2. 
1864. 

Jan.  26                Do.          to  date  

700    .. 

Total  

'  $150   .  . 

$9712  10 

1  Sfi9 

YOLO  COUNTY. 

CACHEVILLE. 
X)ec    17                   

$  35 

IfifiS 

JOSEPH'S  PRECINCT. 
Sept    5       Polls        

36  50 

Total     

$71     r)0 

1864 

YUBA  COUNTY. 

FREEMAN'S  CROSSING. 

Sept  10                         

$  25   75 

1863. 
1864 

MARYSVILLE. 
Sept.  19       Ladies'  Lint  Association.  . 
April   2      Polls  

$    40     .. 

110   .. 
100 

1863 

COUNTY  AT  LARGE. 

Sept.  1  9       Various  Polls  

941  49 

Nov.  11                    

10 

274  50 

Total  

$50 

$1451    74 

1862. 

NEVADA  TERRITORY. 

AURORA. 
Nov.    24  

$   78    .. 

1863. 

Mch.   13  Lady  Washington  Society. 
April  21     Do.          Do.            Do. 
Oct.      5  

500    .. 
175    .. 
18    .. 

Total  

$771    .. 

OREGON. 

31 

OREGON. 

COOSE  BAY. 
1862.        Nov.  15  .    . 

CURRENCY. 

5610    .. 

COIN. 

$403    .. 

1864.        June  17  

50    .. 

PORTLAND. 
1864.        June  8  

93    .. 

UMATILLA. 

1864         May  20     Gold  dust  value 

78    .. 

STATE  AT  LARGE. 
1862.        Nov.  28.     A.  B.  McElwaine  

50    .. 

Total  

3703    .. 

$581    .. 

WASHINGTON  TERRITORY. 

WALLA  WALLA. 

1864.     May  20.    Gold  dust,  value  

53   18 

WHATCOM  COUNTY. 
1863.    Oct.  23.    By  Sinclair  &  Moody  

350    .. 

TERRITORY  AT  LARGE. 
1862.         Nov.  24  

490    .. 

2204  35 

1863.        Sept.  29.    Edward  Watkins  

11    .. 

Total  

$501    .. 

82607   53 

PACIFIC  COAST  AT  LARGE. 

Particular  Donors  Unknown. 

1862          Oct       1          

10    .. 

Oct.    20   Employees  of  Wells,  Fargo 
&  Co  ! 

82322   30 

Oct     29    Pokerville       

200    .. 

32   50 

Nov.  20    (Cacheville.Yolo  County).. 
1863         April  24  .           

141   50 
10    .. 

5 

32 


PACIFIC   COAST  AT   LARGE. 


1863. 
1864. 

PACIFIC  COAST  AT  LAEGE. 
(Continued.) 
Jnlv    21                    

$  10    .. 
15    .. 

$  25    .. 
20    .. 

17    .. 
20    .. 
1    .. 
2    .. 
50    .. 
5    .. 
10    .. 
5    .. 
3    .. 

Ort     27                           

?Jov     5                  

-NTOV     11                              

j^ov    14         

TSTov   27                                     

jrek      i       

Feb    26        

Mph       1 

Mch      8.  

July        1  

Total.. 

S  35    . 

2864  30 

CITY  OF  SAN   FRANCISCO, 


1862. 


1863. 


1864. 


September  (13  to  30th) . 

October 

November 

December , 


January. . . 
Eebruary  . 
March .... 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August  . . . 
September 
October. . . 
November 
December . 


January   

February 

March , 

April 

May , 

June 

July 

August  (1st  to  13th) 

Total. 


CURRENCY. 

$  8,000  00 

10,515  00 

6,080  00 

1,405  00 

774  00 
201  00 
190  00 
180  00 
555  00 
333  00 
585  00 
185  00 
108  00 
290  00 
7,471  00 
17,006  50 

1,992  00 

1,054  00 

2,907  00 

425  00 

1,194  00 

1,378  00 

596  00 

236  00 

$63,660  50 


COIN. 

$148,599  09 

20,809  22 

6,747  25 

6,569  83 

3,577  80 

2,131  75 

1,828  00 

1,221  50 

2,444  25 

1,656  50 

1,690  25 

1,632  00 

6,077  05 

1,564  40 

23,263  17 

26,698  27 

14,069  77 

7,334  67 

8,533  89 

3,189  50 

15,923  62 

9,666  07 

5,459  62 

2,123  12 

$322,810  59 


RECAPITULATION  OF  RECEIPTS. 

CALIFORNIA,  by  counties,  viz  : 
4.1auieda  

CURRENCY. 

8270  00| 
10  001 
350  00 
85  OOJ 

601  00 
103  00 
1,396  00 
460  00 

1.170  00 
1,736  00 
67  00 

866  00 
165  00 
14  00 
1,275  12 
12  00 
1,125  00 
360  00 

856  00 
100  00 

990  00 
585^00 

175  00 
2,125  00 
15  00 
35  00 
25  00 
320  00 

280  00 
150  00 

50  00 

COIN. 

810,718  25 
3,994  02 
2,840  95 
7,932  95 
397  75 
2,916  85 
1,318  60 
11,886  75 
7,122  60 
43  50 
139  00 
47  00 
4,114  05 
2,486  00 
222  40 
1,760  17 
16,123  96 
5,253  60 
1,233  50 
4,521  15 

25  00 
601  95 
545  05 
543  85 
81  00 
8,622  80 
4,326  60 
3,148  37 
6,028  05 
9,359  13 
5,036  60 
4,359  25 
931  65 
1,203  00 
944  00 
3.056  87 
700  25 
9,712  10 
71  50 
1,451  74 

Amador  

Butte  

Calaveras  

Colusa    

Contra  Costa  

Del  Xorte  

YA  Dorado  

TTumboldt  

Klamath  

Los  Angeles             

Marin  

Mariposa  

Mendocino  

Monterey  

Xapa  .  . 

Nevada  

Placer  

Plumas  

Sacramento   .  .      .                        

San   Bernardino  

San  Die^o                            

San  Joaquin   .      .                  

San  Luis  Obispo  

San   Mateo  

Santa  Barbara  : 

Santa  Clara  

Santa  Cruz  ....    

Shasta  

Sierra  

Siskivou 

Solauo  

Sonoma   

Stanislaus    ...    .                

Sutter  

Tehama  

Trinity  

Tulare  

Tuolumne  

Yolo  

Yuba   

Total  from  the  Interior  

15,771  12 
63,660  50 

145,821  81 
322,810  59 

SAX  FRANCISCO  

Total  from  California  

79,431  62 

468,632  40 

34 


RECAPITULATION. 


CURRENCY. 


Amount  brought  forward |  {$  79,431  62  468,632  40 

NEVADA  TERRITORY 77 1   00 

OREGON II         703  00 1         f>81   00 

WASHINGTON  TERRITORY 

DONORS  UNKNOWN 


501    00       2,607  53 


35  00 


2,864  30 


Total  from  the  Pacific  Coast . . . 

Of  the  total  collections  in  currency,  there 
was  sold,  at  different  times,  (see  state 
ment  below)  the  sum  of 

at  a  discount  amounting  to  $16,691.93.. . 

Leaving  net  proceeds  in  coin 


80,670  62;  475,456  23 


67,588  00 


Total  amount  subject  to  disbursement. .  . .     $13,082  62 


50,896  07 


526,352  30 


Statement  of  Currency  converted  into  Coin, 


1862. 
September  

AM'NT  SOLD. 

5,525  00 
15,155  00 
10,325  00 
2,985  00 

1,405  00 
8,439  00 
306  00 
1,040  00 
465  00 
540  00 
500  00 
1,012  00 
969  00 
1,200  00 
3,886  00 

3,101  00 
403  00 
2,690  00 
594  00 
1,359  00 
1,985  00 
2,693  00 
1,011  00 

RATE  OF  DISCOUNT 

10  per  cent 
10  to  16    "      " 
15  "  18    "      " 
15  "  17    "      " 

18  "  36    "      " 
35  "  40     '      " 
30  "  37     '      " 
38     '      " 
35     '      " 
23  "  35     '      " 
16  "  25    "      « 
21  "  25    "      " 
25  "  29    "      " 
25  "  30    "      " 
25  "  30    "      " 

30  "  32    "      " 

34  "  35    "      " 
36  "  38    "      " 
38    "      " 
37  "  42    "      " 
40  "  45    "      " 
55  "  59    •<      " 
59  "  60    "      " 

Total  Discount  . 

AMOUNT  OF 
DISCOUNT. 
$552  50 
2,052  05 
1,690  10 
491   55 

276  74 
2,714  18 
103  90 
395  20 
162  75 
180  96 
104  63 
226  40 
258  17 
344  60 
1,148  71 

1,026  02 
140  45 
1,034  41 
225  72 
528  98 
878  85 
1,552  80 
602  26 

October  

November     

December  

1863. 
January  

February  

March  

May  

June  

July.  . 

August  

September  

October  

November  

December    

1864. 
January  

February  

March  

April    

May.  . 

T    *          
June  

July  . 

August  

$67,588  00 

$16,691  93 

DISBURSEMENTS, 

1.  —  Currency  Drafts  remitted  to  New  York, 

COST  IV  SAX  FRANCISCO. 

AMOrXT. 

PREM.  REC'D.         CL'RRKXCY. 

COIN' 

1862  Sept.  20.    §100,000.00 

15  per  cent. 

S  86,956.52 

Oct.      3. 

100,000.00 

20    "      " 

83.333.33 

"      21.        30.000.00 

20    "      " 

25,000.00 

"      31. 

35,956.11 

26     "      "                                   28,536.60 

Xov.  10. 

30,000.00 

28     "      "                                   23,437.50 

«      10. 

500.00 

$     500.00  ' 

"      20. 

30.000.00 

28  per  cent.                               23.437.50 

Dec.    10. 

1,270.12 

1,270.12 

"      10. 

18,729.88 

28  per  cent. 

14,632.72 

"      31. 

20,000.00 

28    " 

15,625.00 

1863!  April  11.          5,000.00 

35    "       ' 

3,704.48 

li      11.          5,000.00 

38    "       ' 

3,623.15 

June     2.          2,000.00 

45     "       < 

1,377.92 

2.          .-.000.00 

46     "       • 

5,479.45 

Aug.  12.          5,000.00 

26     «       ' 

3,968.29 

>.-pt.  11.        13,539.47 

27     "       ' 

10,661.04 

Oct.      2.        10.000.00 

37     '•       ' 

7.299.32 

N..v.  12. 

[12,000.00 

41     "      " 

8,510.63 

I  >.•<;.       2. 

14,100.00 

41     "      " 

10.000.00 

"      12. 

}  *9,067.00 

9.067.00 

"      12. 

833.00 

43  per  cent. 

582.42 

"     14. 

[  14,000.00 

40    "      " 

10.000.00 

1864'  Jan'y  12. 

10,000.00 

47     "      " 

6,802.75 

"      22. 

14,800.00 

48     "      " 

10.000.00 

"      22. 

1,400.00 

1,400.00 

"      22. 

14,800.00 

48     "      " 

10.040.00 

"      22. 

9.000.00 

1 

6.000.27 

Feby  12.             100.00 

100.00 

"      27.             100.00 

100.00 

Mmvh  2.             100.00 

100.00 

April    1.        43,500.00 

50  per  cent. 

29.000.04 

1.          4.963.29 

50    "     " 

3,308.86 

May    21.  i           100.00 

100.00 

'•"     21.        10,000.00 

69  per  ct.  ) 

5.917.16 

stamp,    f 

20.04 

"      21. 

14,900.00 

68  per  cent. 

8.869.05 

Jund     2. 

25,000.00 

7f>     "      "                                   14.285.70 

;                i 

9613,758.87                            8  12,637.12    3460.409.74 

2.  —  Coin  Drafts  remitted  to  New  York  and  St,  Louis. 

AMorxT.       FKEM'M  PAID.  |  VaLinX.Y.inCnr'y,  COSTIXCOIX. 

1863Feb'y20.    $  15,000.00    4  1,-,'  per  cent. 

3  23,100.00 

3  15,675.00 

1864       "      12.          1.236.71 

:]'.,     "     "              2,040.57 

1,280.00 

"      March    2          7.500.00 

4  "     "     «            12,675.00 

7.800.04 

-      July     12 

20,000.00  !  5         li     "            52,200.00 

21,000,00 

§  43,736.71  |                            $90,015.57  3  45,755.04 

*  Constitutes  the  $50,000  referred  to  on  page  67. 


DISBURSEMENTS. 


3. — California  Eelief  Account, 


1863 


June    2. 


Paid  Col.  Drum  for  relief  of 


CURRENCY.  COIN. 

Soldiers   in  California,...  |§        500.00 
Sept.  30.  Paid  Ladies'  Patriotic  Eelief 

Society, 1 ,000.00 

1864  Peb'y    1.      do        do        do        do  1,000.00 

I i      $2,500.00 

4. — Expense  Account, 

CURRENCY.  COIN. 

Salary  of  Assistant  Secretary,  23  months . .  $     2,900.00 

Services  of  Collectors 181.75 

Telegrams 991.57 

Postage 8          90.50  j 

Stationery  and  Printing 355.67 

Other  Office  expenses 210.44 

Rent  of  Music  Hall  on  several  occasions. . .  i  305.00 

Discount  on  Silver 183.81 

i$         90.50    $     5,128.24 

Recapitulation  of  Disbursements, 

I     CURRENCY.  COIN. 

] . — Currency  remitted  to  New 

York:  face  of  Drafts..   $613,758.87  $  12,637.12    $460,409.74 
2. — Coin  remitted  to  New  York 

and  St.^  Louis  :   face  of 

Drafts    43,736.71  i  45,755.04 

*  Total  remittances  $657,495.58 1 

Oostingjin  Currency  and  Coin |  $  12.637.12  $506,164.78 

3. — California  Belief  Account I  2,500.00 

4. — Expense  Account i             90.50  s'l28.24 

Total  Disbursements  i  §  12,727.62    $513,793.02 
Balance  on  hand  subject  to  the  order  of! 
R.  G.  SNEATH,  Treasurer  Cal.  Branch, 
U.  S.  Sanitary  Commission i  355,00        12,559.28 

j  $  13,082.62    $526,352.30 
AUGUST  13,  1864. 

(Signed.)  JAMES  OTIS, 

TREASURER, 
Soldiers'  Relief  Fund  Committee. 

*  Total  value  of  remittances  in  Currency  • 

Currency  Drafts $613,758.87 

bom  Drafts  converted  to  Currency 90  015.57 


$703,774.44 


SUPPLEMENT. 


<£0utribitticm$  ta  the  Jauitam 


RECEIVED  AND  FORWARDED  UY 


REV.  H.  W.  BELLOWS,  D.  D. 

President  of  the  U.  S.  Sanitary  Commission, 

DURING    HIS    RESIDENCE   IN   CALIFORNIA, 
From  April  3Oth  to  Sept.  23d,  1864. 


CALIFORNIA. 

AMADOR  COUNTY. 

July  28.  Ladies'  Sanitary  Committee  of  Ama- 
dor  couuty,  through  Mrs.  T.  A. 
Springer,  Treasurer  .  .  .  .' 

Sept.  5.         Do.  do.  additional... 

BUTTE  COUNTY. 

July  4.  Children  of  Oroville,  through  Geo.  C. 
Perkins . .  


CALAVERAS  COUNTY. 

Ang.    2.     Mokelumne  Hill,  July  4 

*     1C.     San  Andreas,  July  4 

Sept.  0.     Mokelumne  Hill,    Ladies'    Sanitary 
Committee 


EL  DORADO  COUNTY. 

July  12.     Placerville,  Ladies'  Festival. 

Aug.  1 7.     Lake  Valley  Sanitary  Association .  . . 

HUMBOLDT  COUNTY. 

July  23.     Sanitary  Committee,  through   L.  C. 
Schmidt,  Treasurer 


MARIN  COUNTY. 
Aug.  17.     Olema,  by  H.  A.  Wickware. 


CCREEXCT.          coix. 


$      10.00 


943.25 


25.00 


$1,033.00 
42.00 


250.00 

951.75 
1,825.00 

251.00 


1,677.30 
1,158.65 


58.50 


217.25 


36    *                                         CALIFORNIA. 

NAPA  COUNTY. 
July  25.     Napa    City,   proceeds  of  Fourth   of 
July  Barbecue,   by   Militia    Com 
pany  . 

CURRENCY. 

$ 

COIN. 

$   400.00 

Aug.   6.     Napa  City,  Washington  Light  Artil 
lery  .  . 

150.00 

PLACER  COUNTY. 
July  21.     W.  G.  Brown,  Dutch  Flat   

13.50 

PLUM  AS  COUNTY. 
July  21.     Taylorville,  by  Fourth  of  July  Com 
mittee,  per  A.  F.  Blood  

130.00 

3,370.00 

Do.         do.         do.     gold  dust.... 
Sept.  5.     Susanville,  proceeds  of  a  Ball  

3.00 

243.75 
71.75 

SACRAMENTO  COUNTY. 
Sept.  2.     Sacramento,  per  C.  Crocker  

1,004.10 

"    14.     "Sacramento  Union"   Compositors. 

SAN  JOAQUIN  COUNTY. 
July  23.     Proceeds  of  Sanitary   Fair,  through 
C.  O.  Burton,  T.  R.  Anthony,  and 
others,  draft  on  Boston  . 

10,858.12 

20.00 

SANTA  CLARA  COUNTY. 

June  1  8.     Proceeds  of  Lecture  at  Santa  Clara  .  . 
"     21.         Do.     do.     do.     additional  

250.00 
360.00 

"     21.        Do.     do.     do.            do      

200.00 

July     5.         Do.     do.     do.             do       

66.00 

50.00 

July    9.     Santa  Clara  College  

117.25 

Aug.    1.     Alviso  Rifles,  sale  of  Cake  at  Ball.  . 
"     12.     Proceeds  of  Lecture  at  Santa  Clara, 
additional  .  .  .  .'  

75.00 
10  00 

SIERRA  COUNTY. 

June  21.     Citizens  of    Rowland     Flat,     Pine 
Grove  and  Potosi,  through   T.  A. 
McFarland,   Treasurer 

1,520  50 

"    26.     Eureka  North  ($350  25,  from  sale  of 
two  silver  dollars  joined) 

600.00 

July    8.     Horace  Tabor,  Gibsonville 

60  00 

1    21.     Downieville,    through    W.    S.    Day, 
proceeds  of  sale  of  a  jury  fee 
Aug.  17.     Rowland  Flat,  Table  Rock  Sanitary 
Committee  

333.00 
552  50 

SOLANO  COUNTY. 
June  20.     Citizens  of  Vallejo,  through  Dr.  W. 
Chapman  

1250  00 

July  27.     Miss  S.  R.  Pearson,  Fairfield, 

40.00 

CALIFORNIA. 


37 


SOLANO  COUNTY.     (CONTINUED.) 
July  29.     Vallojo,  100   contributors   at   James 

Hillman's  Address 

Aug.    C.     Miss  S.  R.  Pearson.  Fairfield 

"    11.     Suisun,  Election  of  School  Trustees. . 

SONOMA  COUNTY. 

July    6.     Petaluma,  First  Baptist  Church.... 
"     14.     Do.       Ladies' Sanitary  Committee. . 

Aug.  26.     Do.       D.  D.  Hemenway 

Sep.  20.     Sebastapol,  per  Rev.  A.  Z.  Hazzard, 

TRINITY  COUNTY. 

July  12.  Festival  at  Weaverville,  forwarded 
by  Mrs.  H.  J.  Howe,  bar  of  gold, 
valued  at . . 


TULARE  COUNTY. 

Sep.  21.     Visalia,  through  Mrs.  Jeffards. 


YUBA  COUNTY. 

Aug.    9.     Citizens  of  Marysville,   per  Charles 

G.  Brockius,  Treasurer 

(Also,  a  Hose  Carriage.) 


Total  from  the  Interior. 


CITY     AND    COUNTY    OF    SAN 

FRANCISCO. 
July    G.     Mr.  Rulofson,  photographing,  July  4, 

"       9.     Hobbs,  Gilmore  &  Co 

'•    12.     Through  H.  F.  Edwards,  bequest  in 

the  Will  of  John  Gale 

Aug.    9.     Miss  Louise  E.  H.  Collins 

"     17.     C.  R.  Story 

Sept.  21.     Girls  and  Boys  under  ten  years  of 


"  22.  Mrs.  M.  H.  Holland,  results  of  exhi 
bition  of  her  "  Skating  Pond,"  at 
Mechanics'  Fair.. 


Total  from  California. 


CURRENCY.  COIX. 


S  655.00 
50.00 
13.00 


20.00 


14,063.37 


1,500.00 


15,563.37 


27.00 

2,000.00 

5.00 

15.00 


5,409.49 
138.25 

2,745.27 


27,217.41 


235.00 
100.00 

250.00 
50.00 
50.00 

10.00 


27,912.41 


38 

NEVADA  OREGON. 

1864. 
June    1. 

NEVADA. 

Ladies'  Sanitary  Committee,  Carson 
City                "         

CUI.RENCY. 

COIN. 

2,000.00 

"    25. 

Esmeralda  San.  Ass.,  through  J.  B 
Saxton    silver   brick      

4.517.00 

"    25. 

Austin,  through  E.  S.  Davis,  four  sil- 

3,757.49 

Sept.10. 

Employees  Gould  &  Curry  mine,   sil 
ver    bar           

4,230.08 

"     17. 

Storey  County,  through  A.  B.  Paul.  . 

5.500.00 

Total  

20,004.57 

1864. 
May  21. 
Juno   1. 

OREGON. 

Linn  County  Sanitary  Aid  Society  .  . 
Portland  Ladies'    Sanitary    Aid   So 
ciety                        

325.00 
629.00 

"      1. 
•'     25. 

Forwarded  by  Amory  Holbrook  .... 
Forwarded  by  C.  C.   Beekman,  viz  : 
From  Jackson   County  

2,000.00 
1,079.25 

From  Scottsburg,  Douzlas  Co.  .  . 
From  Josephine  County  

210.00 
546.00 

"     15. 

Salem,  through  J.  H.  Moors  

537.09 

li     20. 

Linn  Co.  San.  Aid  Society      

500.00 

"    30. 

Do.     do.  do.    do.    do  

105.33 

"    30. 

Forwarded  by  Amory  Holbrook,  viz  : 
From  Auburn,  Baker  County.  . 
From  Ea^le  Precinct  

200.80 
110.25 

July    2. 

From  Bruceport,  Pacific  Co.  .  .  . 
Citizens  of  Cansemah  

50.00 
50.00 

"       2. 

Peter  Paquet,  Oregon  City             .  .  . 

16.00 

"       2. 

Lafayette,  Yamhill  County  

170.00 

"       2. 

Portland  Ladies'    Sanitary   Aid    So- 
cietv  .        .        ... 

242.00 

374.00 

"      9. 

Linn  Co.  San.  Aid  Society  

104.25 

"     12. 
"     12. 
"     12. 
"     12. 

Portland,  through  Mrs.  A.  C.  Gibbs  . 
Umatilla,      do.       do.      do.         do  .  . 
Town  unknown,     do.      do.         do.. 
Ames   Chapel,  Portland  

1,006.00 
17.00 

7.00 

24.00 
34.50 

"     19. 
"     27. 

Eugene  City,  Fourth  July  Committee 
Portland,  through  A.  Holbrook  

257.50 
1,223.00 

201.25 
934.50 

Aug.    2. 

Cansemah,  from  Olive  Geroam,   and 
other  children  

13.00 

"       2. 

Forwarded  by  Amory  Holbrook,  viz  : 
Two  gentlemen  of  Portland.  .  .  . 
Citizens  of  Oregon  City  

93.00 

15.00 

Citizens  of  Umatilla  

30.00 

OREGON  —  WASHINGTON  TERRITORY.                     39 

Aug.   3. 
"       5. 
"     10. 

"     10. 

"     15. 
"     19. 
"    19. 
"    23. 
"    23. 
"    24. 
"    25. 
"    25. 

"     27. 
•'     27. 
Sept.  6. 
'•       6. 
"    12. 
"     21. 

Linn  Co.  Sanitary  Aid  Society 

CURRENCY. 

s 

12.00 
10.00 

240.00 
10.00 
293.00 
297.00 

2,120.00 
32.00 
20.00 

21.00 
330.40 
51.00 

310.00 
28.00 

COIN. 

$    164.25 
128.00 

174.00 
42.50 

72.10 

17.75 

43.60 

48.87 
218,60 
69.90 
131.75 
68.25 
33.50 
146.00 

Mihvaukie     do.       do.      do. 

Forwarded  by  Amory  Holbrook,  viz  : 
Ladies  of  Portland  

Citizens  of  Umatilla  

Benton    County,    proceeds   of   June 
election,  and  Fourth  of  July  cele 
bration  at  Maple  Grove  ..." 

Sandy  Precinct,  Multuomah  County 
Citizens  of  Jackson  County 

Citizens  of  Josephine  County   . 

Eola  Sanitary  Association  

Portland,  through  A.  Holbrook. 

Oregon  City,  Lecture  Fund  

Ames  Chapel,  Camp  Ground 

Portland   Ladies'    Sanitary    Aid    So 
ciety  

Do.           do.         do.         do.     do. 

Oregon  City  Lecture  Fund.  .  .  . 

Linn  County  Sanitary  Aid  Society.  . 
Harrisburg,  Linn  County  

Empire  City,  Coos  County  

Eugene  City,  Sanitary  Committee.. 
Total  from  Oreo-on  .  . 

11,530.82 

4,707.37 

WASHINGTON   TERRITORY. 

1864. 
June   1.     Vancouver  Ladies'  Sanitary  Aid  So 
ciety  

484.00 

203.00 
126.47 
800.00 
658.50 

10.00 
20.00 
9.20 

50.00 

97.75 
10.00 
300.00 

2,768.92 

196.50 

10.95 
76.00 

"    22. 

"     18. 
"    18. 
Aug.  2. 

"     22. 
"     24. 

"    24. 
Sep.  16. 

Forwarded  by  Amory  Holbrook,  viz  : 
From  Bruceport,  Pacific  Co.  ...  ; 
From  other  sources  

Vancouver  Ladies'  San.  Aid  Society.  ; 
Olvmpia,  Fourth  July  Festival. 

Forwarded  by  Amory  Holbrook,  viz: 
Citizens  of  Oak  Point  ' 

Citizens  of  Bruceport  

Children  of  Fort  Simcoe  ' 

Mr.    and    Mrs.    Alfred    Hill,    Fort! 
Simcoe  \ 

Vancouver  Ladies'  Sanitary  Aid  So 
ciety       .        .        .         i 

Vancouver,  W.  W.  Crawford  

Citizens  of  Walla  Walla  

Total  

283.45 

40 


IDAHO  TERRITORY HONOLULU. 


IDAHO  TERRITORY. 

1864. 

Aug.  10.  Bag  of  gold  dust  from  Warren's  Dig 
gings,  Idaho  County,  (markec 
$1200,) 


HONOLULU. 

1864. 

July  29.     J.  T.  Judd,  by  Alex.  J.  Cartwright 

Aug.   2.     Sales  of  100  bbls.  Molasses,  contribu 
ted  by  Capt.  Makee 

"     22.     Contributions    forwarded    by    A.    J. 

Cartwright 

"     24.     Sales  of  Capt.  Makee's   second  100 
bbls.  Molasses,  $869  48  and  $122.  . 

Sept.  22.    Sales  of  Molasses,  Sugar,  Tamarinds, 
etc. .  . 


Total 


RECAPITULATION. 


California 

Nevada  

Oregon 

Washington  Territory 

Idaho  Territory 

Honolulu.  . 


Total  amount  received  and  forwarded   by  Rev. 
H.  W.  Bellows.. 


$1,378.46 


50.00 


1,380.00 


1,430.00 


15,563.37 

11,530.82 
2,768.92 


1,080,72 

991.48 
303.92 


2,376.12 


27,912.41 

20,004.57 

4,707.37 

283.45 


1,378.46 
1,430.00     2,376.12 


31.293.11 


56,662.38 


SECRETARY'S  REPORT. 


Gentlemen  of  the  California  Branch  TTnited  States  Sanitary 
Commission : 

In  accordance  with  a  vote  passed  at  the  last  meeting 
of  the  Soldiers'  Relief  Fund  Committee,  which  organi 
zation  you  succeed,  held  on  Thursday  evening,  August 
1 1th,  1864,  I  have  the  pleasure  of  presenting  TO  you  the 
following  report : 

The  first  movement  in  this  State,  from  which  grew 
the  more  extended  action  of  all  the  people,  in  behalf  of 
the  sick  and  wounded  soldiers  of  the  Union  Army,  took 
place  in  this  city,  in  the  latter  part  of  August,  1862. 
The  loyal  portion  of  the  community  was  then  aroused 
by  the  constantly  recurring  dispatches  that  told  us  of 
the  successive  battles  and  defeats  which  our  army  suf 
fered,  under  the  command  of  Major  General  John  Pope, 
when  attempting  to  stay  the  current  of  the  rebel  arms 
under  command  of  General  R.  E.  Lee.  At  that  time, 
when  the  most  earnest  sympathies  of  the  people  were 
excited,  it  was  felt  that  something  ought  to  be  done  by 
us,  by  which  we  could,  in  some  way,  aid  the  cause  of 
the  Union.  The  State  was  too  far  distant  from  the  seat 
of  war  to  be  called  upon  for  volunteers  to  the  army  : 
and,  even  if  we  might  send  reinforcements,  the  Admin i-- 
tration  had  not  deemed  it  prudent  to  decimate  the 
strength  of  the  State,  lest  its  isolation  might  demand  all 
the  forces  it  could  muster  in  case  of  any  complications 
with  foreign  powers.  One  evening  a  subscription  paper 
suggested  by  the  impulsive  loyalty  of  a  few  gen- 


• 


44  SECRETARY'S  REPORT. 

tlemen,  and,  in  a  few  hours,  a  considerable  number  of 
names  were  subscribed,  pledging  various  sums,  amounting, 
in  the  aggregate,  to  $6,600,  for  the  relief  of  the  suffering 
of  our  army.  The  movement  was  one  that  enlisted  the 
sympathies  of  all;  but  it  was  conceived,  upon  reflection, 
that  the  movement  should  be  systematized,  made 
broader  and  more  general,  and  in  place  of  a  few  hundred, 
perhaps  many  thousand  dollars  might  be  obtained. 
Only  ii  small  portion  of  the  money  thus  subscribed 
upon  that  occasion  was  therefore  collected.  The  first 
public  action  towards  a  wider  recognition  of  the 
people's  duties  to  the  Union  and  its  noble  defenders,  was 
made  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors, 
held  Monday  evening,  September  8th.  At  that  meeting, 
Supervisor  John  H.  Redingtoh  offered  a  resolution,  which 
passed  unanimously,  as  follows  : 

Resolved,  That  this  Board  recommend  that  a  public  meeting  of  the 
citizens  of  San  Francisco  be  called  for  Wednesday,  the  10th  inst.,  at 
8  o'clock  P.  M.,  at  the  chambers  of  the  Board,  to  take  measures  for 
increasing,  to  the  greatest  extent  possible,  the  Patriotic  Fund,  for 
the  benefit  of  sick  and  wounded  Union  soldiers,  and  that  the  Clerk 
of  this  Board  be  instructed  to  advertise  the  same  in  the  several  daily 
papers  of  the  city." 

Ill  accordance  with  this  resolution,  a  meeting  was 
held,  of  which  Hon.  H.  F.  Teschemacher,  Mayor,  was 
made  Chairman,  and  F.  MacCrellish  and  J.  W.  Bingham, 
Secretaries.  On  account  of  the  meagre  attendance  at 
the  meeting,  it  was  moved  that  the  meeting  adjourn  to 
the  next  evening  to  insure  a  fuller  attendance.  The 
motion  was  opposed  by  R.  Gr.  Sneath,  Esq.,  who  desired 
that  an  Executive  Committee  be  appointed  without 
delay;  and  that  the  whole  State  be  communicated  with. 
He  believed  that,  by  exertions,  a  large  amount  of  money 
might  be  remitted  East  every  month  during  the  war,  and 
the  feeling  prevailed  that  action  should  be  taken  at 
once.  A  slight  discussion  followed  relative  to  the 
method  of  organization  and  the  appointment  of  com- 


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mittees,  participated  in  by  Messrs.  J.  H.  Redinirton. 
Eugene  Casserly.  D.  C.  McRuer,  and  Hon.  M.  C.  Blake, 
which  resulted  in  the  appointment  of  a  Committee  of 
Five  to  report  a  plan  of  action  and  onrani/ation,  and  tin- 
names  of  a  General  Committee  of  Thirteen.  The  com 
mittee  of  live  was  composed  as  follows:  Hon.  M.  C. 
Blake,  Messrs.  Eugene  Casserly,  R.  G.  Sneath,  D.  C. 
McRner  and  E.  H.  Washburn.  The  meeting  then 
adjourned  until  the  next  evening  (Thursday,  September 
1 1th,)  at  S  o'clock,  at  the  chambers  of  the  Board  of  Su 
pervisors. 

The  citi/ens  met  again  the  next  evening,  according 
to  adjournment,  and  Hon.  M.  C.  Blake,  Chairman  of  the 
Committee  of  Five,  submitted  the  following  report: 

The  undersigned,  appointed,  at  a  meeting  of  the  citizens  of  San 
Francisco,  held  on  the  10th  instant,  in  accordance  with  a  resolution 
of  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  "  to  take  measures  to  increase  to  the 
greatest  extent  possible  the  Patriotic  Fund  for  the  relief  of  the  sick 
and  wounded  soldiers  of  the  Union,"  a  committee  to  report  a  plan  of 
organization  and  action,  and  the  names  of  a  Central  Executive  Com 
mittee,  would  respectfully  submit  the  following  as  their  report : 

Believing  that  the  pending  rebellion  against  the  Constitution  and 
Government  of  these  United  States,  can  and  must  be  put  down  ;  that 
to  that  end  the  entire  energies  and  resources  of  the  nation  should  be 
devoted  ;  that  every  individual  should  make  the  cause  of  the  Consti 
tution  and  Government  his  cause,  involving  in  its  issue  his  honor, 
patriotism  and  manhood,  and  should  consecrate  to  it  his  entire  self, 
fortune  and  life — that  present  reverses  only  call  for  the  exhibition  of 
the  might  of  a  true  and  loyal  people,  which  we  and  our  enemies  know 
full  we'll,  once  aroused,  will  be  irresistible — that  right  and  truth  and 
God  are  on  our  side — and  that  at  the  present  juncture,  a  public 
declaration  of  their  sentiments  by  the  citizens  of  San  Francisco,  is 
eminently  fitting  and  proper,— your  committee  recommend  for  your 
adoption  the  following  resolutions: 

1.  Resolved,   That  this  war  must  be  prosecuted  till  the  authority  of 
the  Constitution   and  Government  of  the   United  States  is  fully  re 
established  over  every  foot  of  American  soil. 

2.  Resolved,  That  we  will  sustain  the  Government  in  the   most 
vigorous  possible   prosecution  of  the  war,  till  we  have  conquered,  for 
ou*r  common  country,  peace,  union,  and  the  supremacy  of  the  Consti 
tution. 

3.  Resolved,  That  present  reverses  do  not  dishearten  us,  but  we 
see  in  them  only  a  call  for  the  arming  of  the  nation. 

4.  Resolved,  That  we  recommend  a  meeting  of  the  citizens  of  San 

Francisco,  at  Platt's  Hall,  on  the  evening  of —  next,  for  a 

public  declaration  of  their  sentiments  in  regard  to  the  war  and  its 


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prosecution.  [Amended  so  as  to  read:  "  On  a  day  to  be  designated 
by  the  Committee  of  Thirteen."] 

We  make  these  recommendations,  because  they  express  our  own 
views,  and  seem  to  accord  with  the  views  of  the  meeting  by  which 
we  were  appointed,  and  also  because  we  believe  their  adoption  will 
not  only  promote  the  cause  for  which  this  meeting  was  specifically 
called,  but  will  confirm  and  establish  patriotic  sentiments  in  our  com 
munity. 

But  our  object  is  not  talk,  but  action.  What  can  we  do?  Cali 
fornia  is  removed  from  the  seat  of  war.  We  have  peace  and  quiet 
and  wonderful  prosperity  within  our  borders.  We  have  not  seen  the 
march  of  armies,  nor  have  we  ever  been  called  upon  to  pour  out  our 
treasure  or  to  hazard  our  lives  as  have  our  brethren  in  the  East.  But 
we  have  a  call  now — we  are  beginning  to  hear  it — it  needs  no  eloquence 
of  words — it  is  pressing  its  claims  upon  us  by  its  own  irresistible  logic 
— a  call  manifest  and  distinct  for  material  aid — a  call  from  the  sick 
and  wounded  in  the  hospitals  and  on  the  battle-fields  of  the  Union. 
We  ou<*ht  to  respond  to  this  case  and  to  every  kindred  case,  for  our 
country's  sake,  and  not  less  for  our  own — ought  to  respond  nobly, 
(generously,  patriotically,  like  men  who  have  a  country  to  save,  and 
who  are  worthy  of  that  high  position  ;  and  we  are  sure  Californians 
will  do  it. 

We,  therefore,  recommend  the  adoption  of  the  following  resolutions 
as  the  organic  law  of  the  San  Francisco  Committee  of  the  Soldiers' 
Fund : 

1.  Resolved,    That   Messrs.    H.    F.    Teschemacher,    Win.    Norris, 
Henry  Seligman,  A.  L.  Tubbs,  J.  B.  Roberts,  Peter  Donahue,  John 
H.  Redington,  Horace  P.  Janes,  James  Otis,  Herman  Nichols,  John 
N.  Risdon,  Eugene  Sullivan  and  Wm.  M.  Lent  be  a  committee  to  be 
known  by  the  name  of  the  San  Francisco  Committee  of  the  Soldiers' 
Fund. 

2.  Resolved,  That  it  shall  be  the  primary  object  of  the  Committee 
to  raise  money  for  the  benefit  of  sick  and  wounded  soldiers  and  sea 
men  of  the  army  and  navy  of  the  United  States,  and  to  disburse  it 
through  the  proper  channels. 

3.  Resolved,  That  the  Committee  shall  continue  during  the  war — 
*hall  have  power  to  fill  vacancies  in  its  body;  to  make  all  needful 
rules  and  regulations  for  conducting  its  business  and  accomplishing 
its  objects;  and,  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  its  members,  to  change  its 
organic  law. 

4.  Resolved,  That  the  Committee  shall  invite  not  only  the  aid  and 
co-operation  of  the  citizens  of  San  Francisco,  but  of  kindred  organi 
zations  and  of  Union  men  throughout  the  States  of  California°and 
Oregon,  and  the  Territories  of  Washington  and  Nevada. 

5.  Resolved,  That  in  furtherance  of  its  primary  object,  the  Com 
mittee  be  requested  to  use  its  best  endeavors  to  raise  and  forward, 
with  the  least  possible  delay,  a  sum  of  money  large  enough  to  make 


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up,  in  some  degree,  for  our  past  neglect,  and  to  be  an  assurance  of  our 
present  interest  in  the  cause  of  the  Union  and  its  defenders;  and, 
hereafter,  monthly,  during  the  continuance  of  the  war,  such  a  sum 
that  it  may  be  truly  said  of  California  in  this  respect,  she  has  done  her 
whole  duty. 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 

M.  C.  BLAKK, 
R.  (i.  SXKATH, 
E.  H.  WASHBURX, 

D.  C.  McRUER, 

E.  CASSERLY, 

Committee. 

The  Report  was  accepted  and  adopted  unanimously. 

The  gentlemen  named  as  the  Committee  of  Thirteen 
accepted  readily  the  positions  assigned  them,  excepting 
Herman  Nichols,  Esq.,  who  felt  obliged  to  decline  on 
account  of  his  being  a  representative  of  a  foreign  power. 
In  his  place,  Mr.  Jona.  Or.  Kittle  was  immediately 
chosen.  The  committee  began  at  once  to  hold  its  meet 
ings,  and  took  immediate  measures  for  carrying  out  the 
recommendations  of  the  Committee  of  Five.  At  the 
first  meetings  of  the  committee,  held  on  Friday  fore 
noon  and  evening,  September  12th,  Hon.  H.  F.  Tescht-- 
rnacher  was  chosen  Chairman  of  the  committee,  James 
( )tis,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  and  Alfred  L.  Tubbs,  Secretary. 
Sub-committees  were  appointed  to  make  arrangements 
and  invite  gentlemen  to  address  a  Mass  Meeting  which 
was  appointed  for  Sunday  evening,  September  14th.  At 
a  meeting  held  on  Saturday,  September  13th,  a  communi 
cation  was  read  from  Louis  McLane,  Esq.,  of  the  firm  of 
Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  tendering  the  services  of  their 
agents  throughout  this  State  and  Oregon,  in  aid  of  the 
objects  of  the  committee,  and  offering  to  transmit  all 
moneys  collected  in  the  Interior  to  this  city,  without 
charge.  The  committee  was  divided  into  sub-com 
mittees,  to  whom  different  classes,  trades  and  pro 
fessions  were  assigned  for  collections,  for  the  purpose  of 
facilitating  the  canvassing  of  the  city,  and  all  arrange 
ments  were  made  for  commencing  the  work  immedi- 


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ately,  after  laying  the  matter  properly  before  the  people. 

On  the  evening  of  Sunday,  September  14th,  there 
was  assembled  in  Platt's  Music  Hall,  in  response  to 
the  call  of  the  committee,one  of  the  largest  gather 
ings  ever  held  in  this  city.  The  meeting  was  appointed 
to  be  held  at  eight  o'clock,  but  such  was  the  interest 
already  excited  in  the  people,  that  an  hour  before 
that  time,  the  Hall  was  filled  with  an  audience  that 
that  has,  perhaps,  never  been  excelled  in  this  city,  in 
point  of  intelligence  and  respectability.  Every  avail 
able  space  in  the  body  of  the  Hall  was  occupied,  and 
the  gallery  was  filled  with  ladies.  The  meeting  was 
called  to  order,  punctually,  by  D.  C.  McRuer,  Esq.,  and 
organized  by  the  choice  of  Hon.  H.  F.  Teschemacher  as 
President,  with  severity-seven  Vice  Presidents  and  four 
Secretaries,  selected  from  the  most  prominent  citizens. 
After  introductory  remarks  by  Mayor  Teschemacher, 
exceedingly  earnest  and  eloquent  addresses  were  made 
by  Eugene  Casserly,  Esq.,  Frederick  Billings,  Esq.,  Hon. 
J.  McM.  Shafter,  Edward  Tompkins,  Esq.,  and  the  late 
Rev.  Thos.  Starr  King.  After  the  addresses,  upon 
motion  of  John  Middleton,  Esq.,  the  following  resolution 
was  passed  unanimously: 

Resolved,  That  the  action  of  a  meeting  of  citizens,  in  selecting  a 
Committee  of  Thirteen,  composed  of  the  following  well-known  gen 
tlemen,  H.  F.  Teschemacher,  Win.  Norris,  Alfred  L.  Tubbs,  J.  B. 
Roberts,  Henry  Seligman,  Peter  Donahue,  Horace  P.  Janes,  J.  N. 
Risdon,  John  II.  Redington,  Eugene  L.  Sullivan,  Wm.  M.  Lent, 
James  Otis  and  Jona.  G.  Kittle,  to  collect  and  disburse  funds  for  the 
relief  of  the  sick  and  wounded  soldiers  and  seamen  of  our  army  and 
navy,  meets  with  the  hearty  approval  and  endorsement  of  this  meeting, 
and  that  we  will  meet  these  gentlemen  upon  their  coming,  with  open 
hands  and  liberal  purses,  and  will  cheerfully  assist  them  to  raise  a 
fund  that  shall  be  creditable  to  San  Francisco. 

Mayor  Teschemacher  then  stated,  in  behalf  of  the 
committee,  that  it  being  their  intention  to  raise  as  large 
a  sum  as  possible,  subscription  books  would  be  submitted 
to  all  citizens  in  every  portion  of  the  city,  that  each 
person  might  have  an  opportunity  to  make  a  single 


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cash  contribution,  or  subscribe  a  certain  sum,  payable 
monthly,  as  long  as  the  war  should  last. 

The  sub-committees,  according  to  previous  arrange 
ment,  immediately  commenced  the  canvass  of  the  city. 
All  private  business  was  ignored,  for  the  time,  by  the 
gentlemen  composing  the  committee,  and  the  chief  hours 
of  the  day  given  to  this  new  and  noble  work.  The 
whole  city  seemed  to  be  thrilled  as  with  an  electric 
shock,  and  the  talk  of  the  groups  on  the  streets,  the 
merchants  on  'Change,  boys  in  the  gutter,  of  men, 
women  and  children,  was  the  movement  for  the  relief  of 
our  sick  and  wounded  soldiers ;  and  every  loyal  man's 
heart  beat  in  active  sympathy  with  the  work.  The 
soldier's  needs  took  such  an  energetic  hold  on  the  people 
that  the  committee,  on  their  rounds,  were  not  treated  as 
unwelcome  beggars,  but  greeted  as  men  who  were  doing 
a  work  which  it  was  each  man's  pride  to  see  well 
accomplished.  And  they  gave — all  citizens  gave — with 
such  enthusiasm  as  one  might  expect  from  recipients  of 
good  gifts,  instead  of  givers  of  the  wealth  they  had 
toiled  for.  And  there  was  such  singular  unanimity  as 
men  see  in  no  other  great  public  undertaking.  Then- 
was  alive,  to  interrupt  their  action,  no  bias  of  politi 
cal  feeling,  no  conflict  of  religious  opinion,  no  differ 
ence  on  grounds  of  nationality.  Men  gave  their  gold 
as  the  overflow  of  great  patriotic  love.  It  was  the 
blood  of  their  giant  protector — their  country,  native 
or  adopted — that  was  flowing,  and  they  came  forth 
readily  to  stay  its  stream.  Men  of  every  political 
party  gave — whether  Democrats,  Republicans,  or 
even  Secessionists ;  and  there  was  no  sect  or  religion 
that  was  not  represented  in  this  noble  army  of  givers. 
The  Christians  gave  with  loyal  self-denial ;  the  Jews,  as 
earnest  sympathizers  with  the  suffering ;  heretics,  as  citi 
zens  of  a  Republic  to  be  saved ;  and  men  of  no  religion, 


50  SECRETARY'S  REPORT. 

with  an  ardor  worthy  the  humblest  religions  devotee. 
The  representatives  of  every  nation  living  in  our  midst 
— English,  German,  French,  Irish,  Chinese,  Italian,  Hun 
garian,  Russian,  Spanish — gave  with  the  fervor  of  native 
citizens.  The  canvassing  committees  met,  after  their 
h'rst  labors,  on  Wednesday  evening,  September  1.7th,  and 
reported  a  list  of  subscriptions  amounting  to  $60,000. 
They  met  again  on  Thursday  evening  and  reported 
additional  subscriptions  exceeding  $30,000.  On  Friday 
they  reported  more  than  $14,000,  in  addition. 

The  money  began  now  to  flow  into  the  Treasury,  but 
tin-  question  came  with  it,  what  was  the  best  menus  of 
its  disbursement  to  aid  the  sick  and  wounded  soldiers? 
The  United  States  Sanitary  Commission  was  an  institu 
tion  little  known  in  this  city,  and  the  committee  were 
unwilling  to  trust  the  distribution  of  this  bounty  to  any 
uncertain  channel.  The  late  Rev.  T.  Starr  King,  at  this 
time  conferred  with  several  members  of  the  committee, 
and,  at  their  suggestion,  he  was  invited  to  meet  the  whole 
committee  at  the  meeting  of  Thursday  evening,  Septem 
ber  18th.  He  readily  complied,  and  displayed  to  the 
committee  his  familiarity  with  the  workings  of  that  noble 
organization.  He  gave  an  account  of  its  origin,  its 
objects,  its  progress,  its  administration,  its  endorsement 
by  the  United  States  Government,  its  relation  to  the 
same,  and  its  wonderful  prosperity  and  success.  The 
familiarity  which  he  showed,  and  the  earnest  confidence 
which  he  expressed  in  that  institution  as  a  most  worthy 
almoner,  decided  the  committee  as  to  the  channel  of 
distribution. 

The  money,  in  answer  to  the  subscriptions,  poured 
so  rapidly  into  the  Treasury,  that  by  steamer-day,  (Sat 
urday,)  September  1 9th,  the  committee  bought  exchange 
for  $100,000,  and  remitted  the  same  at  once,  by  tele 
graph,  to  Rev.  Henry  W.  Bellows,  D.D.,  President,  and 


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George  T.  Strong,  Treasurer,  United  States  Sanitary 
Commission,  New  York. 

Notwithstanding  the  activity  of  the  committee  selected 
by  the  people,  many  were  eairer  lest  they  should  be 
behindhand  in  this  loyal  work,  and  handed  their  con 
tributions — whatever  they  could  give — to  the  Treasurer, 
before  the  gentlemen  of  the  committee  could  reach 
them.  It  seemed  like  a  great  festival  of  charity,  at 
which  all  men  united,  even  though  they  were  "poor 
indeed."  The  employes  of  all  the  great  corporations 
and  manufacturing  establishments,  both  private  and 
those  belonging  to  the  Government,  combined  together 
and  sent  their  offerings  for  the  sick  and  wounded  sol 
diers.  The  public  and  private  schools  of  the  city  took 
on  themselves  the  sacrifice  of  their  own  luxuries,  and 
the  names  of  almost  all  the  children  in  the  city  appeared 
in  the  daily  papers  as  givers  of  their  mites  for  the  relief 
of  the  soldiers. 

The  committee  still  continued  their  work,  and  reported 
at  their  next  meeting,  on  Tuesday,  September  23d,  more 
than  $16,000.  The  money  subscribed  was  paid  in  so 
rapidly  that  by  the  next  steamer,  September  1st,  the 
committee  were  enabled  to  make  the  second  remittance 
of  drafts  for  §100,000,  and  acquainted  the  head  of  the 
United  States  Sanitary  Commission  in  New  York  by 
telegraph. 

In  view  of  the  work  of  the  Western  Sanitary  Com 
mission,  a  distinct  and  independent  organization,  whose 
headquarters  were  at  St.  Louis,  the  committee  directed 
that  fifty  thousand  dollars  (S-50,000)  of  the  last  remit 
tance  be  given  to  that  body.  Scarcely  a  fortnight  had 
passed  since  the  great  mass  meeting  to  arouse  the  people 
had  been  held,  and  already,  through  their  efforts,  the 
treasuries  for  the  relief  of  the  soldiers  had  been  enriched 
by  two  hundred  thousand  dollars. 


52  SECRETARY'S  REPORT. 

The  question  of  inciting  the  whole  State  to  the  same 
noble  work  that  the  city  was  doing,  claimed  the  early 
attention  of  the  committee.  A  circular  was  immedi 
ately  prepared,  dated  September  29th,  1862,  addressed 
"To  the  loyal  people  of  California,"  and  sent  to  the 
postmasters  and  prominent  citizens  in  every  city  and 
town  of  the  State.  It  was  liberally  distributed  also 
among  the  leading  citizens  of  Nevada  and  Washington 
Territories,  and  the  State  of  Oregon,  and  published  in 
all  the  loyal  newspapers  of  the  coast.  The  interior  had 
already  been  excited  to  admiration  at  the  singular  and 
spontaneous  liberality  of  this  city,  and  soon  caught  this 
wonderful  fever  of  charitable  giving.  Money,  in  all 
sums,  soon  came  pouring  into  the  Treasury  from  every 
portion  of  the  State.  Pacheco,  in  Contra  Costa  county, 
sent  $100  on  the  20th  of  September ;  San  Andreas, 
Calaveras  county,  $404  on  the  22d ;  Georgetown,  Eldo 
rado  county,  $200,  and  North  San  Juan,  Nevada  county, 
$242,  on  the  2-3d,  before  the  circular  was  issued.  In 
the  early  part  of  the  following  month,  the  other  coun 
ties  began  liberally  to  respond — Solano,  and  then  Shasta, 
Los  Angeles  and  Tuolumne,  Placer,  Santa  Cruz  and 
Tehama,  and  the  other  counties  of  the  State,  following 
in  quick  succession  and  making  liberal  contributions  to 
increase  the  Soldiers'  Relief  Fund. 

To  make  the  Interior  better  acquainted  with  the  work 
of  the  Sanitary  Commission,  and  to  offer  specifically  the 
services  of  this  committee  in  forwarding  the  funds  there 
collected,  another  circular  was  issued,  dated  October 
20th,  1862,  and  widely  distributed  through  the  State. 

Besides  the  subscriptions  which  were  paid  immediately, 
there  were  a  number  of  persons  in  this  city  who  sub 
scribed  and  paid  monthly  during  the  ensuing  year. 
Every  month  following  the  general  movement,  various 
sums  were  raised  in  the  interior  counties  of  the  State, 


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according  to  their  several  ability,  and  forwarded  to  the 
Treasurer  in  this  city,  as  are  particularly  specified  in  the 
Treasurer's  Report,  preceding,  in  this  pamphlet.  The 
contributions  from  the  city  did  not  cease  with  the  can 
vassing  of  the  committee,  but  during  the  year  numerous 
associations  and  individuals  manifested  their  interest  in 
the  cause  by  various  donations.  After  the  first  active 
labors,  the  current  of  remittances  to  the  Treasury  was 
constant. 

At  the  time  of  the  elections,  in  the  early  part  of  Sep 
tember,  1863,  the  sick  and  wounded  soldiers  were 
remembered,  and  at  the  polls  throughout  the  State,  boxes 
were  placed  to  receive  contributions.  The  happy  result 
was,  that  the  State  at  large  gave  the  sum  of  SS,410  86 
in  coin,  and  $881  in  Legal  Tender  notes,  and  San  Fran 
cisco  $5,229  30  in  coin,  and  $43  in  Legal  Tender  notes 
— making  the  handsome  total  of  $13,640  11  in  coin, 
and  $924  in  Legal  Tender  notes,  as  a  single  day's  con 
tribution  from  the  loyal  masses  of  the  State.  During 
the  period  of  thirteen  months  following  the  Mass  Meet 
ing,  September  14th,  1862,  the  committee  made  fourteen 
remittances  to  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States  Sanitary 
Commission,  New  York — thirteen  being  in  drafts  payable 
in  currency,  amounting  to  four  hundred  and  fourteen 
thousand  nine  hundred  and  ninety-five  58-100  dollars 
($414,995  58  ;)  and  one  draft  payable  in  gold,  amounting 
to  fifteen  thousand  dollars  ($15,000,)  making  a  total  of 
four  hundred  and  twenty-nine  thousand  nine  hundred 
and  ninety-five  and  58-100  dollars  ($429,995  58.) 

At  the  end  of  that  time  the  war  was  being  still  prose 
cuted  with  vigor,  our  army  was  suffering  from  wounds 
and  disease,  and  the  charities  of  our  people  were  needed 
to  continue  the  same  noble  work  they  had  begun. 
The  committee  met  again,  after  a  long  period  of  inac 
tivity,  to  consult  upon  the  best  method  of  future  con- 


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duct.  The  vacancies  in  the  committee,  occasioned  by 
death  and  by  absence  from  the  State,  were  immediately 
filled.  His  Honor,  Mayor  H.  P.  Coon,  was  chosen 
Chairman,  in  place  of  Hon.  H.  F.  Teschemacher,  former 
Chairman,  then  absent  from  the  State.  Communi 
cation  was  entered  into  with  the  President  of  the  United 
States  Sanitary  Commission,  asking  him  the  condition 
and  needs  of  the  Treasury.  The  following  reply  was 

received  by  telegraph : 

NEW  YORK,  Oct.  23,  1863. 

The  Sanitary  funds  are  low.  Our  expenses  are  fifty  thousand  dol 
lars  a  month.  We  can  live  three  months,  and  that  only,  without 
large  support  from  the  Pacific.  Twenty-five  thousand  dollars  a 
month,  paid  regularly  while  the  war  lasts,  from  California,  would 
make  our  continuance  on  our  present  magnificent  scale  of  beneficence 
a  certainty.  We  would  make  up  the  other  twenty-five  thousand  a 
month  here.  We  have  already  distributed  Sanitary  stores  of  the 
value  of  seven  millions  of  dollars  to  all  parts  of  the  army,  at  a  cost 
of  three  per  cent.  To  abandon  our  work,  or  to  allow  it  to  dwindle, 
would  be  a  horrible  calamity  to  the  army  and  the  cause.  We  never 
stood  so  well  with  the  nation ;  but  California  has  been  our  main  sup 
port  in  money,  and  if  she  fails  us  we  are  lost.  The  Board  impera 
tively  urge  me  to  go  out  to  California  and  tell  her  all  we  owe  her  for 
past  favors,  and  all  we  need  and  hope.  But  how  can  I  turn  open 
beggar  to  such  a  benefactor  ?  When  California  needs  my  presence 
for  such  an  object  she  will  ask  for  it.  Meanwhile  I  know  that  you 
represent  the  soldiers'  wants  and  our  Commission  better  than  I  could 
do  in  person.  So  organize,  if  possible,  a  monthly  subscription,  and 
let  us  feel  that  California  trusts  and  will  sustain  us  in  her  past  spirit 
to  the  end.  Telegraph  fully  in  reply.  ( iod  bless  California ! 

HENRY  W.  BELLOWS. 

The  committee,  in  answer  to  this  appeal,  determined 
to  increase  its  numbers,  and  begin  operations  once  more, 
and  incite  the  people  to  repeat  the  earnest  benevolence 
of  the  last  year.  A  sub-committee  issued  a  small  cir 
cular,  October  30th,  1863,  to  a  hundred  or  more  citizens, 
inviting  them  to  attend  "  a  meeting  to  be  held  in  the 
Twelfth  District  Court  room,  Saturday  evening,  October 
31st,  at  8  o'clock,  to  hear  a  communication  from  Rev.  Dr. 
Bellows,  and  to  consult  upon  business  connected  with 
the  Sanitary  Commission." 

In  response  to  this  call,  a  considerable  number  of  citi- 


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zens  met  together.  His  Honor,  Mayor  Coon,  \v;is  made 
Chairman,  and  Wm.  Sherman,  Esq.,  Secretary  of  the 
meeting.  The  late  Rev.  Thos.  Starr  King  gave  a  brief 
history  of  the  United  States  Sanitary  Commission,  its 
operations,  and  what  it  had  accomplished,  and  read  a 
letter  from  Dr.  Bellows,  setting  forth  their  acknowl^ 
edgements  to  the  committee  and  the  people  of  California 
and  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  stating  the  Commission's 
future  needs.  Various  gentlemen  discussed  the  matter 
of  responding  in  the  best  mariner  to  the  wants  of  the 
Commission,  and  expressed  their  confidence  in  the  patri 
otism  and  liberality  of  the  people  of  California.  The 
result  of  the  meeting  was  the  addition  of  twenty-two 
gentlemen  to  the  old  committee,  and  a  recommendation 
that  "  the  committee  call  a  Mass  Meeting,  issue  a  circular 
address  to  the  people  of  California,  and  adopt  such  other 
means  to  accomplish  the  object  of  the  committee  as 
they  may  deem  expedient."  The  committee  thereafter, 
including  a  few  gentlemen  added  to  it  at  the  earliest 
subsequent  meetings  of  the  committee,  was  composed  as 
follows :  H.  P.  Coon,  James  Otis,  A.  L.  Tubbs,  Jos.  B. 
Thomas,  R.  G.  Sneath,  E.  L.  Sullivan,  W.  M.  Lent, 
Albert  Miller,  John  O.  Earl,  W.  C.  Ralston,  A.  Seligman, 
H.  L.  Dodge,  W.  M.  Rockwell,  J.  P.  Buckley,  Jerome 
Rice,  Alex.  G.  Abell.  Wm.  Sherman,  F.  A.  Holniau, 
Jonas  G.  Clark,  Thos.  Starr  King,  John  H.  Redington, 
Jas.  B.  Roberts,  Jona.  G.  Kittle,  Peter  Donahue,  Geo. 
W.  Gibbs,  John  Sime,  E.  Cohn,  F.  A.  Woodworth,  ,J.  N. 
Risdon,  R.  B.  Swain,  Seth  H.  Wetherbee,  Wm.  R.  Wads- 
worth,  R.  B.  Woodward,  L.  B.  Benchley,  Eugene  Cas- 
serly,  J.  R.  Hardenbergh,  Horace  Davis,  O.  B.  Jennings, 
W.  H.  Hook,  N.  P.  Perine,  W.  H.  Codington. 

According  to  the  suggestions  of  the  meeting  of  citi 
zens,  the  committee  took  measures  for  holding  a  Mass 
Meeting,  and  invited  speakers  for  the  occasion.  As  a 


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preliminary  measure,  for  the  thorough  canvassing  of 
the  city,  immediately  after  the  meeting,  subscription 
books  were  prepared  and  sub-committees  appointed,  and 
special  portions  of  the  business  community  assigned  to 
them.  The  Mass  Meeting  was  held  at  Platt's  Music 
Hall,  on  Tuesday  evening,  November  10th.  The  people 
answered  the  call  enthusiastically,  and  at  the  hour 
appointed  for  the  commencement  of  the  exercises,  the 
Hall  was  densely  crowded.  The  Band  of  the  Ninth 
Infantry,  U.  S.  A.,  was  present,  and  gave  interest  to  the 
occasion  by  its  contributions  of  stirring  patriotic  airs. 
At  seven  and  a-half  o'clock,  the  chairman  of  the  com 
mittee,  Hon.  H.  P.  Coon,  called  the  meeting  to  order, 
and,  with  a  few  eloquent  remarks,  introduced  Hon.  F. 
F.  Low,  Governor  of  the  State,  as  President  of  the  meet 
ing.  The  President  was  supported  by  an  able  and 
intelligent  corps  of  Vice  Presidents  and  Secretaries.  An 
introductory  speech  was  made  by  Gov.  Low ;  and  the 
Treasurer,  Jas.  Otis,  Esq.,  followed  with  the  report  of 
the  receipts,  disbursements,  and  remittances  to  New 
York,  since  the  formation  of  the  Committee.  Interesting 
and  patriotic  addresses  succeeded  from  Rev.  D.  B.  Che 
ney,  Wm.  T.  Coleman,  Esq.,  Commander  Selim  E. 
Woodworth,  Edward  Tompkins,  Esq.,  and  the  late  Rev. 
T.  Starr  King.  The  same  earnest  sympathy  was  mani 
fested  by  the  hearers  in  the  cause  of  the  suffering  soldier, 
and  the  same  ardent  enthusiasm  seemed  to  prevail  as 
when  the  object  was  first  approached  in  the  year  previous. 
It  was  evident  that  the  loyalty  and  generosity  of  the 
people  had  not  become  exhausted,  nor  the  ability  to  do 
noble  deeds  for  our  country. 

The  sub-committees  immediately  waited  upon  the 
people  of  the  city,  who  received  them  writh  no  less  cor 
diality  than  the  year  before.  Looking  to  a  long-con 
tinued  flow  into  the  Treasury,  and  to  a  fulfillment  of  the 


SECRETARY'S  REPORT.  57 

request  of  the  President  of  the  Commission,  contained  in 
his  dispatch,  the  committee  now  asked  especially  for 
monthly  subscriptions.  These  they  received  from  many, 
while  the  impulsive  generosity  of  others  induced  them 
to  give  at  once  the  donation  they  would  make  for 
the  following  year.  At  the  first  meeting  after  the 
canvassing  began,  the  committee  were  able  to  report 
the  sum  of  830,000  subscribed,  payable  immediately, 
and  S4,oOO  payable  monthly;  at  the  next  meeting,  si  7.- 
97-5,  in  cash  subscriptions,  and  $255  payable  monthly. 
It  was  soon  apparent  that  San  Francisco  would  do  her 
part  towards  fulfilling  the  request  from  the  East. 

The  effectiveness  of  appeals  to  the  people  of  the  inte 
rior  of  the  State,  had  been  abundantly  proved  by  the 
experience  of  the  past  year.  The  committee,  this  year, 
had  adopted  the  same  course,  and  issued,  at  the  time  the 
work  was  begun  in  this  city,  for  interior  distribution,  a 
circular  "Appeal  for  Relief  of  Wounded  Soldiers,"  dated 
November  9th,  1863  ;  and  the  country  began  to  answer 
with  their  former  alacrity  and  generosity. 

The  success  of  the  committee  in  this  city  was  such 
that  the  following  dispatch  was  soon  sent  to  the  Presi 
dent  of  the  United  States  Sanitary  Commission : 

SAX  FRANCISCO,  Dec.  12,  1863. 
REV,  HEXRY  W.  BELLOWS, 

President  of  the  U.  S.  Sanitary  Commission: 
San  Francisco  will  furnish  the  Sanitary  Commission  Two  Hundred 
Thousand  Dollars  during  the  year  1864,  to  be  paid  in  New  York  in 
monthly  installments.  AVe  are  not  yet  informed  what  amount  may 
be  expected  from  the  balance  of  the  State,  but  believe  that  One 
Hundred  Thousand  Dollars  more  will  be  assured  the  Commission  as 
soon  as  organizations  can  be  effected  for  that  purpose.  This  will 
<rive  Twenty-five  Thousand  Dollars  per  month;  and  by  steamer  to 
day  we  send  you  Fifty  Thousand  Dollars  for  January  and  February. 
With  assurance  of' our  continued  fidelity  to  the  cause,  and  sym 
pathy  for  those  who  suffer  in  its  defence, 

In  behalf  of  the  Committee, 

H.  P.  COON.  Chairman. 
JAMES  OTIS,  Treasurer. 


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To  which,  a  few  days  after,  the  following  telegraphic 
reply  was  received : 

NEW  YORK,  December  17,  1863. 
Hox.  II.  P.  COON,  AND  JAMES  OTIS,  ESQ.  : 

BROTHERS  : — I  wonder  that  your  life-giving  telegram,  charged  with 
Two  Hundred  Thousand  Dollars  ($200,000),  did  not  find  me  in  my 
travels,  and  shock  me  into  immediate  consciousness  of  the  splendid 
news.  But  just  returned  to  New  York,  I  see  my  table  illumined  with 
this  resplendent  message,  and  in  my  haste  to  acknowledge  such  a  glo 
rious  and  patriotic  continuance  in  well  doing,  I  can  only  stutter — Noble, 
tender,  faithful  San  Francisco,  City  of  the  heart,  commercial  and 
moral  capital  of  the  most  humane  and  generous  State  in  the  world  ! 

If  God  gives  to  you,  so  you  give  to  others.  Your  boundaries  will 
not  hold  the  riches  and  the  blessings  in  store  for  you  ;  they  must  needs 
overflow  into  the  hands  of  the  needy  and  suffering,  and  make  your 
name  the  balm  and  cordial  of  want  and  sorrow.  "  I  was  sick,  and 
ye  visited  me."  This  is  the  nation's  thought,  as  she  sees  herself 
wounded  in  every  hero  that  languishes  in  her  hospitals,  and  then 
gazes  at  the  Pacific,  at  California,  with  San  Francisco  at  the  head — 
the  good  Samaritan  for  the  first  time  appearing  in  the  proportions  of 
a  great  city,  of  a  whole  State,  of  a  vast  area. 

HENRY  W.  BELLOWS. 


The  Treasurer's  Report  amply  testifies  to  the  success 
which  the  appeals  of  the  committee  met  with  throughout 
the  extent  of  our  loyal  State.  The  towns  of  the  State 
came  hastily  into  the  line,  and  were  strenuous  each  to 
outdo  the  other  in  their  gifts.  Most  paid  their  contri 
butions  at  once;  a  few  made  occasional  contributions 
during  the  year.  The  town  of  Columbia,  Tuolumne 
county,  and  the  Gold  Run  Relief  Society,  of  Placer 
county,  are  prominent,  as  making  handsome  contribu 
tions,  for  several  successive  months,  into  the  Treasury. 

No  direct  appeal  having  been  made  to  the  Interior  for 
specific  monthly  contributions,  it  was  deemed  expedient 
that  the  matter  be  brought  to  the  notice  of  the  people, 
that  it  might  be  known  what  definite  amount  might  be 
expected  monthly  from  the  whole  State.  A  circular 
was  accordingly  prepared,  but  was  delayed  in  being  sent 
away.  In  the  early  spring  of  1864,  one  of  the  com 
mittee — late  Rev.  T.  Starr  King— had  determined,  and 
had  so  announced  to  the  committee,  to  go  personally 


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into  the  most  prominent  counties  of  the  State,  appeal 
directly  to  the  people,  and  ask  of  them  fixed  contribu 
tions  to  the  Sanitary  Fund  every  month.  That  purpose 
lie  was  unable  to  fulfil;  for,  at  the  time  he  had  proposed 
to  begin  the  work,  he  was  taken  sick,  and  after  a  ti-w 
•  lays'  illness,  died  on  the  4th  of  March,  1864.  In  his 
death,  not  the  Sanitary  Commission  alone,  but  every 
good  and  noble  cause,  lost  an  able  advocate;  not  the 
City  and  State  alone,  but  the  Nation  lost  an  ornament 
and  support — a  strong  arm  and  noble  heart.  On  the 
8th  of  March  the  committee  met  to  take  notice  of  the 
loss.  After  a  few  remarks  upon-  the  character  of  Mr. 
King,  Mr.  F.  A.  Woodworth  offered  the  following  reso 
lutions,  which  were  passed  unanimously: 

As  co-laborers  with  the  late  Rev.  Thomas  Starr  King,  iu  the  cause 
of  the  suffering  among  the  defenders,  in  the  field  and  on  the  wave, 
of  our  Nation's  honor  and  integrity,  it  is  fitting  that  the  Soldiers'  Re 
lief  Fund  Committee  give  public  testimony  of  their  appreciation  of 
his  services.  It  is  therefore 

RESOLVKD,  That  in  his  death  they  deeply  feel  the  loss  of  a  toiler, 
most  earnest  and  energetic,  in  the  field  of  their  labors — a  soul  ever 
ardent  with  love  of  a  country  in  anguish,  full  of  eloquent  sympathy 
for  the  dying  on  the  battle-fields,  the  sick  and  wounded  in  the 
hospitals  of  the  nation  ;  unwearied  in  his  work  of  filling  other  men 
with  a  just  estimate  of  their  duty  in  the  cause  of  mercy,  of  charity 
and  of  country  ; 

That  he  has  gone  from  among  them  when  it  would  seem  he  could 
least  be  spared,  just  ready,  as  he  believed  himself  to  be,  once  more  to 
seek  the  interior  counties  of  the  State,  and  plead  the  cause  of  the  soidier; 

That  in  his  going,  the  City  has  lost  a  most  worthy  citizen ;  the  State 
an  able  upholder  of  law  and  government;  the  Nation  a  Patriot, 
whose  uncompromising  loyalty  won  the  honor  and  admiration  of  all 
good  men,  the  fear  of  traitors  and  their  abettors;  Humanity  and 
Charity  and  Mercy  a  supplicant,  whose  asking  was  not  greater  than 
his  own  bestowment:  Learning  and  Culture  and  Literature,  a  schol- 
arlv  disciple,  whose  constancy  taught  others  much  of  the  alphabet  of 
Truth  ;  Religion,  a  bright  exemplar,  whose  fervor  and  piety  found 
joyful  testimony  in  a  noble  life,  a  heroic  and  triumphant  death  ;  all 
go'od  men  and  true,  and  all  causes  of  progress  and  truth,  a  laborer, 
who  has  early  gone  to  receive  his  well-won  reward  ; 

That,  as  friends  of  the  man,  and  lovers  of  his  virtues,  they  trust  in 
Him  who  called  him  away,  believing  that  only  a  bright  crown  awaits 
him  who  could  so  humbly  meet  the  decree  of  God,  could  go  so  man 
fully  into  "  the  valley  of  the  shadow  of  death,"  proclaiming,  as  he 
stepped  from  the  Life  Present  to  the  Life  Eternal,  that  he  was 
"  happy,  resigned,  trustful." 


GO  SECRETARY'S  REPORT. 

The  active  labors  of  the  committee  in  this  city  were 
finished,  and  there  was  need  for  meetings  only  occasion 
ally,  until  the  arrival  af  Rev.  Henry  W.  Bellows,  D.D., 
President  of  the  United  States  Sanitary  Commission,  in 
the  last  of  April,  J864.     Although  the  committee  was 
merely  a  local  organization,  and  disconnected  in  every 
way  with  that  of  which  he  was  the  head,  the  work  for 
which  it  was  formed  and  its  constant  communications 
and  remittances,  had  placed  it  in  the  position  of  nearest 
sympathy  with    him.      He    met    the    committee    soon 
after   his    arrival,    was    in    constant    intercourse    with 
them,    and   placed   himself,    so    far   as    communication 
with  the  people    of  the    city,    under  their   immediate 
auspices.     But  the  people  needed  no  medium  between 
them   and  the   eloquent   head    of  the    great  charitable 
organization  with  which  they  had  long  been  familiar. 
They   had    become    immediate    friends    through     the 
eloquent    and   thrilling   messages    which    he  had  often 
sent    during    the   past   two    years,    by   telegrams    and 
letters,  in  answer  to  the  remittances  which  the   com 
mittee  had  been  constantly  making.     He  wished  early 
to  meet  the  people,  and  accordingly,  under  the  direction 
of  the  committee,  he  addressed  the  citizens  of  San  Fran 
cisco,   on  Friday  evening,  May  13th,  at  Platt's  Music 
Hall. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  committee,  on  Saturday  evening, 
June  4th,  an  otfer  was  received,  through  Mr.  Sneath,  from 
Messrs.  Steele  Brothers,  to  make  a  mammoth  cheese,  of 
4,000  pounds  weight,  to  be  exhibited  and  finally  sold  for 
the  benefit  of  the  Sanitary  Fund.  They  desired  the 
expenses  attending  the  preparation  of  the  same  for  exhi 
bition,  to  be  met  by  this  committee,  and  upon  its  com 
pletion  it  would  be  handed  over  to  them.  The  propo 
sition  was  immediately  acquiesced  in,  and  the  expenses 
assumed  by  the  committee.  The  matter  of  the  cheese 


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was  referred  to  a  committee,  by  whom  arrangements 
were  subsequently  made,  upon  its  reception,  for  its 
exhibition  in  the  pavilion  of  the  Mechanics'  Institute, 
erected  for  the  Industrial  Fair,  and  open  to  visitors  on 
the  first  of  September. 

Since  the  Treasurer  made  his  Report  of  the  previous 
year,  at  the  Mass  Meeting  of  November  10th,  1863,  up  to 
August  llth,  1864,  remittances  had  been  made  to  the 
Sanitary  Commission,  in  answer  to  the  appeal  of  Dr.  Bel 
lows  in  October,  1863,  (for  $25,000  per  month,)  nine 
teen  drafts;  amounting  to  one  hundred  and  ninety-eight 
thousand  seven  hundred  and  sixty-three  29-100  dollars 
($198,763.29,)  payable  in  currency  ;  and  two  drafts, 
amounting  to  twenty-one  thousand  two  hundred  and 
thirty-six  and  71-100  dollars  ($21,236.71,)  payable  in 
gold.  In  the  month  of  March,  the  Treasurer  remitted  to 
the  Western  Sanitary  Commission,  at  St.  Louis,  a  draft 
for  seven  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  ($7,500,)  pay 
able  in  gold — making  the  total  of  remittances  since 
the  Treasurer's  Report,  two  hundred  and  twenty-seven 
thousand  five  hundred  dollars  ($227,500.)  The  amount 
of  remittances  since  the  first  movement,  September 
12th,  1862,  was  six  hundred  and  fifty-seven  thousand 
four  hundred  and  ninety-five  58-100  dollars  ($657, 
495.58.) 

In  addition  to  these  remittances,  in  the  month  of  June, 
1863,  in  answer  to  representations  concerning  the  con 
dition  of  the  United  States  soldiers  upon  this  coast,  the 
Treasurer  paid  to  R.  C.  Drum,  Assistant  Adjutant  Gen 
eral,  five  hundred  dollars  ($500)  for  disbursements  for 
their  relief. 

The  total  receipts  from  forty-two  counties  of  this 
State,  and  a  few  donations  from  Nevada  Territory, 
Oregon,  and  Washington  Territory,  from  September 
14th,  1862,  to  August  13th,  1864,  were  four  hundred 


62  SECRETARY'S  REPORT, 

and  seventy-five  thousand  four  hundred  and  fifty-six 
23-100  dollars  ($475,456.23)  in  coin,  and  eighty  thou 
sand  six  hundred  and  seventy  62-100  dollars  ($80,670.62) 
in  currency — making  a  total  of  five  hundred  and  fifty- 
six  thousand  one  hundred  and  twenty-six  85-100  dollars 
($556,126.85.) 

The  apparent  excess  of  remittances  over  receipts  is 
explained  by  the  fact,  that  a  large  portion  of  the  coin 
collected  was  converted  into  currency,  by  the  purchase 
of  drafts,  payable  in  New  York  in  current  funds. 

The  whole  expenses  of  the  committee,  during  the  two 
years  of  their  existence,  including  Mass  Meetings,  office 
rent,  circulars,  printing,  and  expenses  of  all  kinds, 
amounted  to  $5,218.74,  no  one  of  the  members  of  the 
committee  having  received  any  compensation  for  his 
services.  The  exchange  paid  for  coin  drafts  was  $2,- 
018.33.  The  balance  in  the  Treasury,  August  13th,  at 
the  time  the  name  and  functions  of  the  organization 
were  changed,  was  twelve  thousand  five  hundred  and 
fifty-nine  28-100  dollars  ($12,559.28)  in  coin,  and  three 
hundred  and  fifty-five  dollars  (355)  in  currency  ;  total, 
twelve  thousand  nine  hundred  and  fourteen  28-100  dol 
lars  ($12,914.28.) 

The  probability  of  the  still  further  continuance  of  the 
war,  and  with  it  the  need  of  money  for  the  relief  of  our 
suffering  soldiers,  instigated,  during  Dr. Bellows'  sojourn, 
the  re-organization  of  the  committee.  That  the  chari 
ties  of  the  whole  State  might  be  more  thoroughly  col 
lected,  it  was  deemed  best  that  a  State  organization  be 
founded,  through  which  local  organizations  in  every 
populous  community  of  the  State  might  be  formed,  and 
to  which  they  should  all  be  tributary.  The  coinmittee, 
therefore,  at  the  meeting  held  August  llth,  1864,  accepted 
the  suggestions  of  Dr.  Bellows,  ceased  to  be  a  local  organi 
zation  for  the  direct  collection  of  funds  in  this  city  alone, 


SECRETARY'S  REPORT. 


and  under  his  approval  and  authority,  assumed  the  char 
acter  and  name  of  the  California  Branch  of  the  United 
States  Sanitary  Commission,  of  which  persons  residing 
in  different  parts  of  the  State,  should  be  invited  to 
become  members.  They  thereupon  elected  Hon.  F.  F. 
Low,  Governor  of  the  State,  President,  and  chose  an 
Executive  Committee,  upon  whom  the  chief  conduct  of 
affairs  should  devolve,  composed  of  Hon.  D.  C.  McRuer, 
Chairman  ;  R.  G.  Sneath,  Abraham  Seligman,  Geo.  "\Y. 
Gibbs,  F.  A.  Woodworth,  Albert  Miller,  and  A.  L. 
Tubbs.  Here  ended  the  work  of  the  original  organiza 
tion  as  such.  Its  functions,  and  others  of  wider  scope, 
were  assumed  and  are  now  continued  by  the  larger 
organization. 

Respectfully  submitted. 
A.  L.  TUBBS,  GEO.  B.  MERRILL, 

Secretary.  Ass't  Secretary. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  Dec.  7th,  1864. 


REPORT 

OF    THE 

EXECUTIVE   COMMITTEE 

FOR  1864-05. 


To  the  California  Branch  of  the  United  States  Sanifary 

Commission : 

Your  Executive  Committee,  having  completed  the 
work  assigned  them,  beg  leave  to  report : 

The  origin  of  this  "  Branch  "  of  the  National  Institu 
tion,  and  the  appointment  of  this  "  Committee  upon 
whom  the  chief  conduct  of  affairs  should  devolve,"  has 
been  succinctly  stated  in  the  preceding  report,  rendered 
by  the  "  Soldiers'  Relief  Fund  Committee." 

The  first  work  of  your  Committee,  in  which  they 
were  aided  by  the  presence  and  counsel  of  Rev.  Dr. 
Bellows,  President  of  the  United  States  Sanitary 
Commission,  was  to  furnish  the  necessary  facilities  for 
doing  business — procure  a  good  office  in  a  central 
location,  erect  conspicuous  signs,  and  secure  the  ser 
vices  of  {^competent  Secretary,  "wrhose  duty  it  should 
be  to  be  always  present  at  the  office,  give  his  entire 
time  to  the  work,  take  charge  of  all  the  books  and 
documents,  conduct  all  the  correspondence,  place  him 
self  in  communication  with  parties  in  all  the  principal 
towns  of  California  who  hold  prominent  positions  ;  and, 
having  his  whole  soul  in  the  work,  excite  and  foster  the 
greatest  interest  among  all  the  people  concerning  the 
Sanitary  Commission  and  its  work." 
9 


66  EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE'S  REPORT. 

His  Excellency,  FRED'K  F.  Low,  Governor  of  Califor 
nia,  having  accepted  the  Presidency  of  the  Branch,  R. 
G.  SNEATII,  Esq.,  was  elected  "  Treasurer,  with  power 
to  select  such  person  as  he  should  choose  for  book 
keeper,"  and  0.  C.  WHEELER  was  appointed  Secretary. 

A  Seal  was  also  procured  with  which  to  authenticate 
official  documents,  and  an  engraved  Certificate  to  be 
presented  to  any  individual  who  should  donate  the 
amount  of  ten  dollars  or  over. 

The  favor  with  which  your  work  was  received  by  the 
people  may  be  inferred  from  the  fact  that  the  contract 
ors  for  the  building  of  the  Government  Monitor  "  Ca- 
manche,"  Messrs.  Donahue  &  Ryan,  placed  at  the  dis 
posal  of  your  Committee  the  privilege  of  erecting  gates 
at  the  yard  and  collecting  such  fees  as  they  pleased  for 
the  admission  of  visitors  to  the  yard  and  vessel  during 
its  construction  and  launch — the  net  receipts  from 
which  amounted  to  $4,568.10,  in  coin,  and  $4.00  in  cur 
rency.  Also,  Messrs.  Steele  Bros.,  dairymen  of  Santa 
Cruz  county,  made  and  presented  to  the  Commission  a 
cheese,  weighing  3,930  pounds,  from  the  exhibition 
(room  for  the  same  being  donated  by  the  Mechanics' 
Institute  at  its  Fair)  and  sale  of  which  the  net  receipts 
were  $1,889.41  in  coin,  and  $1.00  in  currency. 

The  "Branch,"  or  General  Committee,  was  so  increased 
by  the  addition  of  new  names,  in  various  portions  of  the 
State,  as  to  compose  a  body  at  once  effectivg  in  action 
and  commanding  in  influence.  Whereupon  the  following 
Address  was  issued,  and  more  than  12,000  copies  of  it 
circulated  throughout  the  coast  : 


EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE'S  REPORT.  67 


ADDRESS 

OF   THE 

(California  Branch  Htnitrd  £tate*s  £anitanj 

TO    THE    PEOFLE    OF    THE    STATE    OF    CALIFORNIA. 


THE  U.  S.  SANITARY  COMMISSION,  in  existence  and  fall  operation 
since  the  very  beginning  of  the  war.  is  by  far  the  largest  and  most  suc 
cessful  Humane  Society  the  world  ever  saw.  It  has  during  the  last 
three  years  collected,  in  money  and  supplies,  about  Twelve  Millions, 
for  the  benefit  of  our  Sick  and  Wounded  Soldiers.  It  is  known  through- 
cut  the  world.  as  the  honor  and  glory  of  our  land— the  evidence  which 
the  homes  of  the  Nation  have  given  of  their  attachment  to  our  insti 
tution-,  and  of  their  love  and  devotion  to  the  brave  men  who  have 
offered  their  health  and  strength,  their  blood  and  their  lives,  upon  the 
altar  of  country.  Every  loyal  State  and  Territory  of  the  Union,  and 
every  little  community  of  American  citizens  abroad — in  China,  Aus 
tralia.  Russia.  France.  Germany,  and  wherever  else  an  involuntary 
exile  from  America  is  found — has  helped  to  enrich  its  Treasury.  It 
unites  the  whole  people  in  one  glorious  bond  of  beneficence.  Obliter 
ating  State  lines,  sectarian  divisions  and  party  distinctions,  it  solicits 
from  all  American  citizens — Jews  and  Christians,  Protestants  and 
Catholics,  Orthodox  and  Heterodox. Republicans  and  Democrats,  men. 
women  and  children — all.  in  short,  who  enjoy  the  protection  and 
iiirs  '>!'  our  glorious  institutions — the  means  of  succoring  and  cherish 
ing  those  who  are  upholding  our  battle-torn  FI.A»;.  and  who  lie  in  Hos 
pitals,  or  bleed  on  fearful  fields  ot  slaughter.  Enjoying  the  increu-iiiLr 
confidence  of  the  American  people — its  plans  of  operations  fully  under 
stood,  its  machinery  petfected  by  long  experience,  its  methods  already 
partially  adopted  even  by  the  people  of  foreign  countries,  it*  integrity, 
efficiency  and  thoroughness  established  by  millions  of  witnesses — it  is 
no  longer  on  trial,  but  the  recognized  and  thoroughly  National  channel 
through  which  flow  the  oil  and  wine  of  American  homes  and  hearts 
into  the  soldiers'  wounds. 

California  and  the  Pacific  Coast  have  a  pre-eminent  honor  in  having, 
at  an  early  day,  spontaneously  and  with  instinctive  sagacity,  chosen 
the  U.  S.  Sanitary  Commission  as  its  Almoner.  No  population  of 
equal  numbers  has  contributed  so  much  as  the  Pacific  Coast !  Cali 
fornia,  up  to  this  date,  has  poured  more  than  Seven  Hundred  Thous 
and  Dollars.  U.  S.  Currency,  into  the  Treasury ;  Nevada  Territory, 
>:)2.5oo.  IN  GOLD  AND  SILVER  !  Oresfon,  about  $50,000;  Washington 
Territory,  over  820,000 ;  Idaho,  about  $4,000 ;  and  the  Sandwich  Is 
lands — in  reflection  of  the  noble  doings  of  the  Coast — nearly  310.000  ; 
Is  this  nt»t  a  sufficient  testimony  where  the  affections  of  our  people 
are  ?  The  simple  question  is.  is  this  people  enlisted  for  the  war  ?  Do 
they  intend  to  crown  the  splendid  pillar  they  have  so  nearly  completed, 
with  a  capital  worthy  of  the  costliness  and  glory  of  its  shaft  ?  Or  will 
they  now  leave  it,  a  broken  column,  pointing  at  which,  posterity  .-hall 
say.  -They  began  to  build,  and  were  unable  to  finish.''  We  believe  no 
such  thing!  The  Pacific  Coast  has  chosen  its  method  of  illustrating 


68  EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE'S  REPORT. 


its  connection  with  this  war.  Every  honor,  which  the  labors  and  cares 
of  the  U.  S.  Sanitary  Commission  reflect  on  the  Nation,  redounds  in  a 
special  manner  to  the  Pacific  Coast;  and  California,  Nevada  Territory, 
Oregon,  Washington  Territory  and  Idaho,  mean  to  increase,  not  to 
diminish,  their  investment  in  this  glorious  work  of  mercy,  this  splendid 
inheritance  of  giory. 

Evidence  enough  exists  fully  to  satisfy  this  Committee,  that  the 
only  tiling  needed  to  give  even  larger  emphasis  to  the  patriotic  gifts  of 
the  Pacific  Coast,  is  a  more  systematic  method  in  collecting  them. 
San  Francisco,  Sacramento,  and  a  few  other  centres,  have  pursued 
their  collections  with  business-like  method,  and  their  contributions 
have  been  correspondingly  large  and  fully  worthy  of  their  wealth  and 
patriotism.  AH  sections  of  the  State  have  responded  with  cordial 
liberality,  but  their  gifts  have  been  the  outflow  of  occasional  spasmodic 
efforts,  and  not  of  regular,  steadfast  labor.  What  is  to  be  desired  is, 
that  each  town  shall  organize  a  "Soldiers'  Aid  Society,"  and  solicit 
and  secure  regular  MONTHLY  subscriptions,  to  be  regularly  forwarded  to 
the  "  California  Branch  of  the  U.  S.  Sanitary  Commission,"  at  San 
Francisco. 

For  two  years  past,  San  Francisco  has  done  nobly,  and  the  whole 
State  has  not  been  behind.  Shall  we  now  flag?  Is  the  need  any  less  ? 
Are  we  not  just  now  at  the  bloodiest  and  most  suffering  period  of  the 
war  ?  With  every  step  that  we  move  nigher  to  the  heart  of  the  Kebel- 
lion,  a  larger  proportion  of  our  brave  fellows  must  feel  the  bullets  of  a 
more  desperate  enemy.  Accordingly,  the  last  six  months  have  seen 
the  laborsand  expenses  of  the  Sanitary  Commission  TRIPLED  1  Not 
less  than  $300,000  a  month  have  been  expended  on  the  wants  and 
wounds  and  sicknesses  of  Grant's  and  Sherman's  armies,  for  the  last 
six  months;  and  as  the  dreadful  tragedy  approaches  its  consummation, 
blood  must  flow  more  freely  and  suffering  increase.  The  needs  of 
mercy  and  humanity  will  continue  more  and  more  urgent  to  the  last 
syllable  of  the  war.  It  is,  therefore,  of  the  fi^t  importance  that  Cali 
fornia  should  pledge  herself  at  once  to  the  humane  duties  of  the  next 
year.  The  State  at  large  should  do  as  much  as  San  Francisco — ?2f>.- 
000  per  month ;  yet.  to  do  that,  will  require  the  most  persistent  and 
systematic  efforts.  IN  A  SHORT  TIME  THE  EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE  WILL 
CALL  A  MASS  MEETING  FOR  THE  PURPOSE,  AS  IN  THE  TWO  PREVIOUS  YF.AKS. 
OF  AGAIN  CONFERRING  WITH  THE  PEOPLE  OF  THIS  CITY,  UPON  THE  VITAL 
INTEREST  OF  THE  SANITARY  COMMISSION,  AND  INCITING  THEM  TO  PLEDGES 
OF  THEIR  ENLARGED  SUPPORT  DURING  THE  WAR.  WlLL  NOT  EVERY  MAN 
HOLD  HIMSELF  IN'  READINESS  TO  STAY WITH  THE  SAME  GENEROUS  CHAR 
ITY THE  EARLY  DEPLETION  OF  ITS  COFFERS?  Shall  llOt  the  residue  of 

the  State  give  at  least  as  much  as  San  Francisco  ?  How  easily  might 
it  do  it.  with  general  organization?  A  half-dozen  patriotic,  enthusias 
tic  Committee  men  in  each  town,  by  devoting  a  few  hours  a  week  to 
the  work — which,  by  the  joy  they  would  find  in  it,  would  a  thousand 
times  over,  repay  all  their  toil — might  get  every  town,  or  caiftp,  or  set 
tlement,  pledged  to  a  certain  monthly  payment,  which  in  its  aggregate 
results  would  be  immense.  Do  not  wait  for  each  other,  fellow-patriots, 
but  spring  to  the  work !  Organize !  organize  !  organize !  in  each  county 
and  each  town!  AVherever  a  Sanitary  Committee  exists,  continue  it, 
and  make  it  the  nucleus  of  other  movements.  Do  not  let  the  matter 
sleep,  from  quarter  to  quarter  ;  but  stir  it  up  in  WEEKLY  meetings.  Cor- 


EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE'S  REPORT.  69 


respond  with  well-known  patriots  in  each  camp  or  settlement.  Ring 
in  the  whole  available  strength  of  each  county  and  town,  and  let  the 
counties  and  towns  enter  into  a  holy  emulation  with  each  other,  in  this 
glorious  work  of  patriotism  and  mercy. 

Above  all,  let  the  WOMEN  of  the  State  aid  the  men  in  the  matter 
of  monthly  subscriptions,  carrying  around  the  papers  and  collecting 
funds!  Every  town  should  have  its  ladies  organized,  either  in  a 
Soldiers'  Sowing  Circle,  making  articles  for  sale  for  the  benefit  of  th« 
local  fund,  or  in  some  other  way  devising  means  with  womanly  tact 
to  promote  the  general  interests  of  the  Fund. 

The  Sanitary  Fund  Committee  of  San  Francisco  has  just  been  re 
animated,  and'has  adopted,  under  the  authority  of  the  President  of 
the  Commission,  the  title:  "The  California  Branch  of  the  I'.  S. 
Sanitary  Commission."  It  has  now  full  authority  from  the  Tun-m 
Association  at  Xew  York,  to  represent  all  its  interests  in  Califor 
nia.  Accordingly,  it  is  no  longer  merely  a  city,  but  a  State  organ 
ization.  The  new  office  of  the  California  Branch  is  now  open  at  the 
corner  of  Pine  and  Montgomery  streets.  San  Francisco.  Citizens 
from  all  parts  of  the  State"  or  coast,  visiting  the  city,  are  cordially 
invited  to  call,  and  give  and  obtain  information  respecting  the  inter 
ests  and  the  work  of  the  Commission.  Agents  will  ,be~  sent  into  the 
various  counties  of  the  State  to  establish  Soldiers' Aid  Societies; 
but  we  beg  patriotic  citizens  not  to  wait  their  coming,  but  to  organ 
ize  at  once,  and  report  their  existence  and  officers  to  this  office.  All 
inquiries  will  be  answered  by  the  Secretary,  O.  C.  Wheeler,  with  whom 
Committees  and  individuals  are  invited  to  correspond.  It  is  hoped 
that  before  the  month  of  January  every  town  in  the  State  will  be 
fully  organized,  and  send  its  first  monthly  contribution  to  the  Califor 
nia  Branch,  to  be  transmitted  to  the  central  office  at  Xew  York. 

F.  F.  LOW.  President, 

R.  G.  SNEATH,  Treasurer. 

D.  C.  McRUER.  Chairman  Ex.  Com. 

O.  C.  WHEELER,  Secretary. 

SAX    FRAXCISCO: 

W.  C.  RALSTON.  C.  W.  BROOKS, 

*  ALBERT  MILLER.  W.  A.  WOODWARD, 
JOHX  O.  EARL.  L.  C.  DODC«, 

Jos.  B.  THOMAS,  W.  W.  MoBTAQOB, 

E.  L.  SULLIVAN.  W.  A.  MACOXDRAY, 
A.  L.  TUBES,  LEVI  STEVENS. 

W.  M.  ROCKWELL,  IRA  P.  RANKIN. 

GEG.  W.  GIBBS,  F.  L.  CASTLE. 

II.  L.  DODGE,  O.  B.  JEN.MM;>. 

JOH.V  SIME,  O.  C.  PRATT. 

WM.  SHERMAN.  JAS.  DE  FREMERV, 

F.  A.  HOLM  AX.  M.  C.  BLAKE. 
JONAS  G.  CLARK.  J.  D.  B.  STILLMAN. 
R.  B.  SWAIN.  J.  WHITNEY,  Jr., 
S.  II.  WETHERBEK.  I).  X.  HAWLEY. 

R.  B.  WOODWARD.  D.  O.  MCCARTHY. 

J.  R.  HARDENBERGH,  L.  L.  TREADWELL. 

•  A.  SELIGMAN.  CYRUS  PALMER. 
JAS.  OTIS,  DEWITT  C.  RICE. 


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EXECUTIYE   COMMITTEE  S   REPORT. 


F.  A.  WOODWORTH, 

JNO.  N.  EISDON, 
N.  P.  FERINE, 
W.  M.  LENT, 
GEO.  II.  HOWARD, 
A.  G.  ABELL, 
J.  II.  REDINGTON, 
J.  G.  KITTLE, 
P.  DONAHUE, 
E.  CASSERLY. 
W.  H.  HOOK, 
E.  COIIN, 

W.  H.   CODINGTON. 

W.  R.  WADSWORTH, 
Jos.  A.  DONOHOK, 
MOSES  ELLIS, 


WM.  G.  BADGER, 
JAS.  McMsoHAN, 
GEO.  E.  BARNES, 
NATHAN  PORTER, 
A.  If.  HOUSTON, 
SAM'L  BRANNAN, 
W.  F.  WHITTIER, 
CHAS.  L.  Low, 
WM.  NORRIS, 
SQUIRE  P.  DEWKY, 
H.  DAVIS, 
LEO  ELOESSER, 
S.  L.  MASTICK. 
J.  J.  FELT, 
J.  W.  STOW. 
NATH'L  PACK. 


J.  II.  CARKOLL,  Sacramento. 
CHAS.  CROCKER, 
JOHN  McNEiL,  " 

A.  K.  MARRINER,        " 
(!.  L.  SIMMONS, 
F.  A.  PARK, 
RICHARD  DALE, 
WM.  M.  HARKON, 

-loSIAII    HoWKLL, 

GEO.  S.  EVANS, 

L.  C I:\NIMG 1 1 AM,  Marjsville. 

J.  H.  BRODT, 


J.  S.  BOCKJUS,  Marysville. 

E.  S.  HOLDEN,  Stockton. 

15.  AV.  OWENS. 

T.  R.  ANTHONY, 

C.  R.  HENDKICKSON,  " 

J.  J.  OWEN,  San  Jose. 

GKO.  T.  BROMLEY,        " 

SAM'L  J.  HKNSLKV.       " 

JOHN  BIOWKLL,  CJliico. 

I*.  P>.  READING,  Cottonwood. 

.(OSKIMI  BOSTON,  Santa  Cruz. 

E.  W.  ROBERTS,  Grass  Valley. 


The  manuscript  of  a  tract,  written  by  Rev.  W.  C. 
Badger,  and  entitled  "  A  Brief  Statement  of  the  Sani 
tary  Commission  Work,"  was  revised,  adopted,  printed,, 
and  circulated,    to  the  number  of  more   than  10,000 
copies. 

On  the  5th  of  Sept.  J.  H.  Chapin  was  presented  with 
the  following  commission,  as  an  organizing  agent,  and 
dispatched  to  the  Counties  ot  Nevada  and  Sierra : 

ROOMS  OF  THE  CALIFORNIA  BRANCH  OF  THE  ) 
U.  S.  SANITARY  COMMISSION,  )" 

San  Francisco, ,  1864. 

IVNOW  ALL  MEN  BY  THESE  PRESENTS  :  That,  reposing  special  confi 
dence  in  the  patriotism,  capacity,  industry  and  integrity  of  —  — ,  the 
Executive  Committee  of  the  California  Branch  of  the  United  States 
Sanitary  Commission  have  appointed  and  hereby  do  commission  him 
as  our  organizing  agent  to  travel,  to  lecture,  and  to  organize  "  Sol-  * 


EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE'S  REPORT.  71 


diers'  Relief  Societies  "  in  the  Count —  of ,  and  in  such  capacity 

he  is  hereby  commended  to  the  confidence  and  co-operation  of  any 
community,  and  of  all  individuals  with  whom  this  Commission  may 
If  ad  him  to  associate. 

1'v  order  of  the  Executive  Committee  : 

0.  C.  VTHKKLKK.  Secretary. 

He  was  instructed  as  follows : 

I .  You  will  proceed  directly  to  the  field  named  in  your  commis.-inii. 
and  until  further  orders  confine  your  labors  to  that  field  alone. 

'2.  You  will  devote  to  the  work  assigned  you  your  entire  time  and 
energies,  to  the  exclusion  of  all  other  business,  of  whatsoever  name 
or  nature. 

3.  In  your  work,  and  in  your  social  hours  and  intercourse,  you  will 
studiously  and  scrupulously  avoid  all  local,  civil,  political,  and  ecclesi 
astical  controversy  ;  and  will  practically  "  know  nothing  among  men  " 
but  the  individual  work  for  which  you  are  employed,  having  "  no  fel 
lowship   with   those   unfruitful   works   of  darkness,''   which   seek   to 
destroy  the  works  of  others,  that  we  may  build  thereon. 

4.  You  will  proceed  to  organize  in  each  town,  village,  hamlet,  camp, 
and  neighborhood,  a  -'Soldiers'  Aid  Society,"  in  such  order  and  in 
such  form  a^  your  judgment  shall  dictate,  each  case  being  adapted  to 
the  peculiar  circumstances  surrounding  it,  yet  all  upon  the  one  general 
principle  of  regular  periodical  contributions,  graduated  in  amount  by 
the  wishes  of  those  contributing,  yet  nowhere  so  hsavy  as  to  be  a  bur 
den  to  any. 

.I.  You  will  neither  receive  nor  collect  money,  but   in   all 
request  donors,  whether  individuals  or  societies,  to  remit  directly  to 
these  rooms,  whence  due  acknowledgment  will  be  promptly  made. 

<;.  You  will  graduate  your  expenses  at  all  times  by  that  true  prim-i- 
ple  of  economy  which  avoids  equally  the  appearance  of  the  mendi 
cant  and  the  prodigal ;  and  will  render  at  the  end  of  each  week  a 
detailed  statement  of  all  expenses  incurred  for  traveling,  for  board, 
and  for  stationery,  and  postage  actually  used  in  the  services  of  the 
Commission. 

G.  You  will  keep  a  full  daily, record  of  all  matters  transpiring  in 
connection  with  or  having  a  bearing  upon  your  work,  being  partic 
ularly  careful  to  register  all  names,  places,  and  dates,  in  a  distinct  and 
unmistakable  hand',  and  give  the  full  name  and  post  office  address  of 
all  persons  in  official  connection  with  societies  or  organizations  aux 
iliary  to  this  body  :  and  promptly  and  punctually  at  the  close  of  each 
week,  forward  a  transcript  of  the  same  to  these  room-. 

n.  Keep  the  Secretary  informed  as  many  days  in  advance  as  pos 
sible,  where  he  is  to  address  you. 

9.  In  all  cases  give  the  number  of  members  in  each  Society  when 
organized  ;  also,  the  minimum  monthly  dues  in  each  Society. 

10.  Direct  every  Secretary  to  forward  promptly  to  these  rooms  the 
names  of  all  the  members  of  his  Society  and  the  date  of  its  organ 
ization,  with  the  amount  each  subscribes ;  and  monthly  thereafter,  on 
the  blanks  furnished  for  that  purpose,  the  names  of  all  new  subscri 
bers,  with  the  amount  and  date  of  subscription,  and  the  names  of  all 
delinquents,  with  the  date  of  the  last  payment  of  each. 

II.  Give  every  item  of  expense,  with  its  date,  and  also,  the  date, 
amount,  and  name  of  donor  of  every  courtesy  extended. 


72  EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE'S  REPORT. 


12.  Write  up  and  close  your   journal  every  Saturday  night,  and 
forward  the  same  to  these  rooms  as  soon  as  may  be  thereafter. 

13.  Forward  all  journals,   all  financial  statements,  and  all  letters 
on  separate  paper. 

14.  For  all  purposes  except  letters,  use  legal  cap  paper,  occupying 
the  margin  on  the  left  for  dates  only,  and  in  such  margin  give  the 
distinct  date  of  each  and  every  transaction. 

15.  Acknowledge  at  the  earliest  moment,  by  date,  every  commu 
nication  received  by  you  from  these  rooms. 

1  fi.  In  all  cases  write  on  only  one  side  of  your  paper. 
By  order  of  the  Executive  Committee  : 

0.  0.  WHEELER,  Secretary. 

Booms  of  Cal.  Branch  U.  S. Sanitary  Commission,  240  Montgomery 
Street,  San  Francisco,  September,  1864. 

He  was  also  furnished  with  copies  of  the  following 
Constitution,  in  order  to  secure  uniformity  of  work  : 
CONSTITUTION. 


PREAMBLE. 

TV;-:,  the  undersigned,  recognizing  the  claims  of  our  Soldiers  and 
Seamen  upon  our  patriotism  and  philanthropy,  hereby  form  ourselves 
into  a  Society  for  the  purpose  of  aiding,  by  regular  monthly  contri 
butions,  the  United  States  Sanitary  Commission,  in  its  beneficent 
work,  so  long  as  such  assistance  shall  be  necessary ;  and  agree  to  be 
governed  by  the  following  Constitution  : 

XAMK. 

ARTICLE  1.  This  Society  shall  be  called  the  Soldiers'  Aid  Society, 
of . 

MKMBERSHIP. 

ART.  2.  This  Society  shall  be  composed  of  all  such  persons  as  sym 
pathise  with  its  objects,  subscribe  to  its  Constitution,  and  contribute 
monthly  to  the  Treasury. 


ART.  3.  The  regular  dues  of  each  member  of  this  Society  shall  be 
—  per  month. 

OFFICERS. 

ART.  4.  The  officers  of  this  Society  shall  be  a  President,  Vice  1 'res 
ident,  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  and  Collector ;  and  these  officers  shall 
constitute  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Society. 

DUTIES    OF    OFFICERS. 

-ART.  5.  1st. — The  duties  of  the  President  and  Vice  President  shall 
be  such  as  usually  devolve  upon  such  officers  in  similar  organizations. 

2nd. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  to  keep  a  record  of  the 
proceedings  of  the  Society ;  to  notify  the  members  through  the  public 
prints  or  otherwise,  of  the  time  each  monthly  payment  becomes  due  ; 
to  keep  a  complete  list  of  names  of  contributors ;  to  receive  all 
moneys  from  the  Collectors,  and  pay  them  over  to  the  Treasurer, 
taking  his  receipt  therefor. 

3rd. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Treasurer  to  receive  all  moneys 
from  the_Secretary,  keeping  a  strict  account  thereof;  and  to  remit  on 


EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE'S  REPORT.  73 


the  first  Monday  of  each  month  the  moneys  thus  received,  to  the 
Rooms  of  the  California  Branch  U.  S.  Sanitary  Commission,  San 
Francisco.  California. 

4th. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Collectors  to  collect  the  regular 
monthly  dues  of  all  members  residing  in  their  respective  districts,  and 
p;iy  the"  ~;une  over  to  the  Secretary,  {akin?  his  receipt  therefor. 

*Tth. — The  Executive  Committee  shall  have  power  to  call  public 
meetings  of    the    Society,  and  to   devise    from   time    to   time  such 
measures  as  may  tend  to  the  furtherance  of  its  objects. 
ELECTION  OF  OFFICERS. 

ART.  6.  The  officers  of  this  Society  shall  be  elected  for  six  months, 
and  shall  continue  in  office  until  their  successors  are  elected. 

AMENDMENT*. 

ART.  7.  This  Constitution  may  be  altered  or  amended  at  any  public 
meeting  of  the  Society,  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  members 
present— notice  of  such  alteration  or  amendment  having  been  given 

at  a  previous  regular  meeting. 

As  rapidly  as  arrangements  could  be  perfected,  the 
following  gentlemen,  each  furnished  with  a  copy  of  the 
above  Commission  and  Instructions,  and  with  copies  of 
the  Constitution,  were  sent  to  their  several  fields,  as 
designated  : 

Sept.  12,  S.  S.  WHEELER,.  . . .  Amador  and  Calaveras  Counties. 

12,  R.  X.  BELLOWS Sonoma  and  Napa 

15,  HIRAM  HAMILTON,..  .Idaho  Territory. 

21,  J.  B.  RICHARDSON,.  .Solano  County 

26,  D.  T.  TRUETT, Yolo  and  Colusi  Counties. 

26,  S.  T.  DODSON, Sutter  and  Butte 

26,  HARVEY  GILBERT,  . . .  Contra  Costa  and  Marin  Counties. 

26,  EDW'D  L.  WILLIAMS,  Monterey  and  Santa  Cruz      " 

2*>.  H.  H.  HOLTON, Tuolumne  and  Mariposa 

Oct.     3,  SAMUEL  PILLSBCRY,  .  Alameda  and  Santa  Clara      " 

3,  CHARLES  A.  Low, . . .  Placer  County. 

3,  W.  B.  H.  DODSON,.  .Lake  and  Mendocino  Counties. 

3,  A.  X.  ELLIOTT Tehama  County. 

3,  ROBERT  KELLEN. Shasta,  Trinity,  and  Siskiyou  Counties 

To  these  agents  were  furnished  blank  posters,  with 
which  to  announce  their  meetings,  blank  books,  station 
ery  and  postage  stamps  for  use,  and  the  publications 
of  the  parent  Commission,  as  freely  as  they  were  re 
ceived,  for  distribution. 

Thus  equipped,  they  entered  upon  their  work.  Mr. 
Bellows,  when  through  with  Sonoma  and  Napa  coun 
ties,  was  dispatched  to,  and  canvassed  successively,  Yuba, 
San  Joaquin  and  a  part  of  Sacramento  counties.  Mr. 
10 


74  EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE'S  REPORT. 

Wheeler  was  re-commissioried  for  Merced,  Stanislaus  and 
Frezno  counties ;  Mr.  Low  for  San  Mateo,  and  Mr.  Cha- 
pin  for  El  Dorado,  San  Luis  Obispo,  Santa  Barbara,  Los 
Angeles  and  San  Diego  counties ;  and  again  for  Hum- 
boldt,  Klamath  and  Del  Norte,  thus  completing  a  thor 
ough  canvass  of  the  State. 

The  whole  number  of  Societies  organized  was  305. 
The  whole  expense  of  this  work,  for  salaries,  traveling 
expenses,  etc.,  was  $5,976.93. 

The  receipts,  through  the  instrumentalities  used  by 
these  Societies,  have  been  $16,039.30  currency? 
$73,125.33  coin.  The  receipts  from  other  sources,  aside 
from  San  Francisco,  have  been  $394.00  currency, 
$19,209.92,  which,  added  to  the  $3,741.85  currency, 
$80,092.80  coin,  paid  by  the  latter,  make  a  grand  total 
of  receipts,  from  August  15th,  1864,  of  $20,175.15 
currency,  and  $172,428.05  coin. 

The  disbursements  have  been  as  per  Treasurer's  state 
ment  (which  see  on  page  87). 

In  the  month  of  February  last,  your  Committee  sus 
tained  a  severe  bereavement  in  the  death  of  Frederick 
A.  Woodworth,  one  of  its  original  members,  and  to  the 
time  of  his  removal  from  us,  an  active,  faithful,  and  zeal 
ous  co-laborer. 

In  token  of  our  high  esteem  of  Mr.  Woodworth,  the 
following  action  was  had: 

ROOMS  CALIFORNIA  BRANCH  U.  S.  SANITARY  COMMISSION,  ) 
SAN  FRANCISCO,  February  8th,  18(55.  \ 

Whereas,  FREDERICK  A.  WOODWORTH,  late  member  of  the  Execu 
tive  Committee  of  the  California  ]>winch  of  the  U.  S.  Sanitary  Com 
mission,  has  been,  by  the  decree  of  Infinite  Wisdom,  removed  from 
the  scones  of  hi.-'  earthly  labor;  therefore, 

RESOLVED,  That  in  the  death  of  Mr.  Woodworth,  this  body  h;;s 
lost  a  member  of  such  full  and  rich  development  of  manly  powers : 
such  constant  fidelity  to  duty;  such  warm  and  untiring  devotit/u  to 
the  cause  of  humanity,  in  behalf  of  our  sick  and  wounded  soldiers ; 
such  unswerving  integrity ;  such  wisdom  in  council,  and  such  prompt 
ness  in  action,  as  to  render  the  bereavement  one  of  peculiar  pain  and 
sadness. 


EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE'S  REPORT.  75 


That  in  his  death  this  city  loses  one  of  her  earliest  and 
-ideiits.  devoted  from  the  day  of'his  arrival  to  the  close  of  his 
lit','  i:>  each  of  her  interests,  social  and  political,  literary  and  commer 
cial ;  charitable  and  philanthropic  to  a  degree  equalled  by  few — ex- 
i  by  none. 

I,VED,  That  a  copy  of  these  Resolutions,  duly  attested,  be  pre 
sented  to  the  afflicted  relatives  of  the  deceased,  and  that  the  same  be 
spread  in  full  upon  our  minutes. 

Unanimously  adopted  in  special  meeting  of  the  Executive  Commit 
tee,  this  eighth  day  of  February,  1865. 

I).  C.  McRCER.  Chairman. 
Attest:     O.  C.  WHEEI.ER,  Secretary. 

Under  advice  from  New  York,  the  following  Circular 
was  as  dated,  issued  and  served  to  all  our  societies : 

U.  S.  S  ANITA  UY  COMMISSION — CAL.  BRANCH.  / 
Rooms  No.  240  Montgomery  Street,        \ 

SA\  FRANCISCO,  Aug.  23d,  W>:>. 

To  the  (>•''!••  n  "nl  M -miters  of  the  Soldiers'  Aid  Societies,  tributary  through 
thix  Branch  to  the  U.  S.  Sanitary  Commission : 

The  following  communication,  just  received  at  these  Rooms,  cannot 
fail  to  be  of  interest  to  every  patriot :  « 

To  O.  C.  WHEELER,  ESQ.,  Secretary  of  the  California  Branch  U.  S. 
Sanitary  Commission : 

When  you  have  received  from  your  Soldiers'  Aid  Societies,  what 
balances  remain  in  their  hands,  and  have  forwarded  to  us  what  thus 
may  accrue,  we  release  you  from  further  duty,  and  authorize  you  to 
close  up  the  affairs  and  terminate  the  existence  of  the  California 
Branch. 

The  memory  of  California's  beneficence  will  live  forever.  All  the 
gold  in  her  hills  and  rivers  is  sanctified  by  the  generous  tribute  she 
has  laid  on  the  altar  of  our  country. 

It  >hall  be  the  grateful  duty  of  this  Commission  to  record  on  one 
of  the  brightest  pages  of  its  history,  the  brilliant  and  immortal  tale 
of  California's  lavish  and  never-failing  devotion  to  the  hospitals  and 
battle-fields  of  this  now  gloriously  finished  war.  Make  this  announce 
ment  to  our  noble  Branches  in  Nevada,  Oregon,  and  along  the  whole 
Pacific  Coast.  1  shall  write  each  of  them  and  your  Branch  also. 

Perpetual  thanks  and  honor  to  the  people  of  San  Francisco,  to 
the  memory  of  T.  Starr  King,  and  to  the  immediate  Board  in  charge 
of  the  California  Branch,  for  labors,  sacrifices  and  inspirations,  which 
cannot  be  over  estimated. 

HENRY  W.  BELLOWS, 
President  U.  S.  Sanitary  Commission. 

We  hail  with  peculiar  delight  the  time  when  we  can  echo  the 
statement  of  the  parent  institution  :  "It  is  enough." 

Please  remit,  at  once,  to  these  Rooms,  any  balance  that  may  be  in 
your  hands  for  this  object,  that  we  may  forward,  as  directed,  to  New 
York,  and  thus  close  up  and  discharge  our  only  remaining  responsibil 
ities. 


76 


EXECUTIVE    COMMITTEE  S    REPORT. 


Also,  please  forward  statement  in  detail,  of  all  remittances  made  by 
your  Society  to  this  Branch.  We  send  you  blank  form,  which  please 
be  very  particular  to  fill  with  NAME  of  your  Society,  and  POST  OFFICE 
ADDRESS  ;  also,  the  date  and  amount  of  each  remittance,  stating  what 
amount  was  in  coin,  and  what  in  currency,  and  how  transmitted. 

We  desire  that  these  blanks  may  be  tilled  and  returned  with  the 
least  possible  delay.  Any  books,  papers,  or  documents  which  may  be 
in  your  possession,  and  which  would  aid  in  completing  a  full  and  de 
tailed  account  of  all  the  transactions  of  the  Commission,  please  also 
forward  to  us  with  as  little  delay  as  may  be. 

When  this  shall  have  been  done,  please  accept,  on  behalf  of  our 
afflicted  fellow  men. for  whom  you  have  so  generously  contributed,  and 
so  earnestly  labored,  the  sincere  thanks  of  the  Executive  Committee, 
and  of  the  entire  Branch. 

By  order  of  the  Executive  Committee. 

().  C.  WHEELER,  Secretary. 

Sample  of  blank  alluded  to  above : 

OFFICIAL  STATEMENT  OF  REMITTANCES 

From  the  Soldiers'  Aid  Society  ,of ,  Post  Office,  ,  to  the 

California  Branch  of  the  U.  S.  Sanitary  Commission. 


Mouth. 

Day. 

Year. 

Legal  Tenders. 

Coin,  or  Coin 
Drafts. 

HOW  FOKWAUDKD. 

Mail. 

Kxpret-s. 

If  per'y  by  whom 

$ 

eta. 

$ 

cts. 

The  following  letters  having  been  received,  the  affairs 
of  the  Commission  were  in  accordance  therewith  closed 
with  all  proper  dispatch  . 

U.  S.  SANITARY  COMMISSION,  823  BROADWAY,  ) 
NEW  YORK,  July  9th,  1865.      j 
O.  C.  WHKELER,  ESQ.,  Secretary  of  the  California  Branch  of  the  U.  S. 

Sanitary  Commission  : 

DEAR  SIR  : — I  sent  you  a  telegram  on  the  8th  instant,  of  -which  a 
copy  is  inclosed,  and  which  may  possibly,  from  the  derangement  of  the 
line,  not  have  reached  you  at  all,  or  only  after  much  delay,  It  is  with 
a  divided  feeling,  half  pleasure,  half  pain,  that  I  announce  the  hour 
when  it  is  possible  to  close  up  the  long  and  glorious  work  of  the  San 
itary  Coin  mission,  and  to  release  California  from  her  onerous  yet  cheer 
fully-borne  duty  of  supplying  the  wants  of  our  treasury  and  acting  the 
part  of  chief  purveyor  for  the  wants  of  our  sick  and  wounded  sol 
diers.  When  you  have  remitted  what  may  and  must  flow  in  for  a  few 
weeks  to  come  in  spite  of  the  announcement  that  the  work  is  sub 
stantially  over,  the  California  Branch  is  heraby  authorized  by  us  to 
wind  up  its  existence.  I  inclosed  a  general  circular  to  our  branches 
making  the  same  announcement  to  them,  and  explaining  the  present 
condition  of  aTairs.  The  Commission  itself  will  probably  exist  for  a 


EXECUTIVE    COMMITTEE  S    REPORT,  i  / 


year  longer.  an(l  m  some  of  its  Branches  may  have  some  further  work 
to  do.  But  it  will  call  for  no  more  money  and  no  further  supplies, 
deeming  that  with  prudence  it  will  have  enough  to  meet  the  wants  of 
the  soldiers  still  in  the  field  or  on  the  way  home.  We  shall  carry  on 
a  very  extensive  business  in  collecting  back  pay,  pensions,  and  boun 
ties,  through  the  n»xt  six  or  eight  months,  not  having  less  than  one 
hundred  and  fifty  offices  open  in  the  chief  centres  of  population 
throughout  the  country,  and  this  will  cost  a  hundred  or  two  thousands 
of  dollars,  saving  the  soldiers  perhaps  millions  that  would  otherwise 
fall  into  the  maw  of  plunderers  everywhere  lying  in  wait  to  devour 
their  earnings.  It  is  not  probable  that  we  shall  carry  out  our  partly 
formed  purpose  of  permanent  asylums  for  disabled,  discharged  soldiers, 
simply  because  it  has,  now  become  plain  that  the  States  will  in  their 
emulation  and  gratitude,  overdo  this  work,  and  make  any  efforts  of 
ours  to  nationalize  the  movement,  superfluous  and  vain.  It  has  been 
the  evident  policy  of  the  Government  to  send  the  soldiers  back  to 
their  own  States"  to  be  mustered  out,  and  this  has  re-produced  the 
State  feeling  and  the  local  responsibility  in  regard  to  the  future  of  the 
soldiers,  which  we  had  hoped  would  have  merged  itself  into  a  national 
sentiment  and  a  movement  independent  of  State  lines.  The  Sanitary 
Commission  will,  under  these  circumstances,  do  its  best  to  give  the 
State  Asylums  the  benefit  of  any  experience  it  may  possess  ;  but  be 
yond  this  it  will  not  go. 

It  is  impossible  to  close  this  communication  without  expressing 
anew  the  sense  of  the  obligations  under  which  California  has  laid  the 
country,  the  army,  and  the  Sanitary  Commission,  by  its  long  con 
tinued,  systematic,  and  overflowing  beneficence.  Its  first  great  contri 
bution  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  to  our  treasury  raised  the 
whole  standard  of  charity  to  our  cause.  Animated  by  the  large  con 
ceptions  of  mercy  implied  in  her  offering,  other  communities  opened 
their  hearts,  and  hands  with  a  wider  generosity.  The  Commission 
itself  broadened  the  'sweep  of  its  activities  and  deepened  its  plans. 
From  that  golden  moment  when  California,  through  the  Citizens' 
Committee  of  San  Francisco,  telegraphed  us  the  gift  of  one  hundred 
thousand  dollars,  the  fortunes  and  future  of  the  U.  S.  Sanitary  Com 
mission  were  made  certain.  It  never  had  a  dark  or  doubtful  hour 
afterwards.  Money  and  supplies  flowed  freely  into  its  treasury  and  its 
depots,  and  its  adequacy  to  its  vast  undertaking  was  assured.  Since 
then,  by  monthly  instalments  chiefly,  you  have  increased  jour  benefi 
cence  till  it  reaches  the  extraordinary  sum  of  $1,221,428.17. 

What  a  glorious  record  is  this  for  your  young  und  distant  State . 
Is  it  too  much  to  say  that  this  gift  has  enriched  California  as  much  as 
it  has  benefited  the  national  cause.and  the  sufferers  by  the  war? 
very  money  you  have  contributed  has  deepened  a.s  well  as  expi  • 
vour  patriotism.     The  raising  of  it  has  diffused  important  information, 
elicited  truth  and  feeling,  quicki-n-d  the  indifferent,  counteracted  the 
zeal  of  our  enemies,  and  kept  our  cause  steadily  in  the  hearts  and 
minda  of  our  people.     Moreover,  it  has  won  for  California  an  interest. 
iv«pect  and  affection,  which  is  diffused  throughout  the  civilized  wor 
which  will  increase  when  the  final  record  of  this  common  work  is  mad* 
up  and  fully  understood.     There  is  now  no  motive  for  praising  t 
ifornia  except  that  of  real  gratitude  and  sincere  appreciation. 

To  each  and  every  zentleman  in  the  original  Citizen's  Committee. 


78  EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE'S  KEPORT. 


or  who  has  since  worked  in  that  body,  and  to  each  and  every  member 
of  the  Board  of  the  California  Branch.  I  offer  in  the  name  of  the  U. 
S.  Sanitary  Commission,  the  tribute  of  our  profoundest  thanks  for 
their  invaluable  services.  To  all  those  who,  in  the  other  cities. 
counties  and  towns,  or  in  the  camps  and  mines,  have  led  local  mo\v- 
meiits  for  the  benefit  of  the  soldiers  through  us,  we  return  our  most 
cordial  gratitude.  And  to  each  and  every  single  benefactor,  be  it  only 
of  a  dime,  or  be  it  of  a  thousand  dollars,  who  lias  contributed  to  swell 
this  vast  stream  of  mercy  that  has  steadily  set  from  the  (.Jolden  (rale 
towards  the  distant  coast  where  the  war  was  turning  the  brooks  and 
rivers  red  with  its  blood,  we  offer  the  homage  of  our  heartfelt  love  and 
admiration.  The  war  has  ended  with  its  glorious  results  for  humanity 
and  the  nation!  Your  part  in  it  has  been  almost  exclusively  one  of 
sympathy  and  consolation.  Your  record  is  complete.  California 
never  held  back  her  oil  and  wine,  while  one  wound  was  smarting.  She 
never  ceased  her  beneficence  till  her  almon;vs  cried,  "  Enough  ! 
Enough  !" 

With  profound  gratitude  and  respect, 

I  am,  yours  truly, 
I1EMIY  W.  BELLOWS, 
President  U.  S.  Sanitary  Commission. 


WALPOLK,  N.  IT.,  July  28,  18G5. 

0.  C.  WIIRKLKR,  ESQ.,  Secretary  Cal.  Branch  U.  S.  San.  Commission  : 
My  dear  Sir : — I  telegraphed  you  three  weeks  ago,  at  length,  and 
wrote  you  fully  by  the  following  steamer,  announcing  that  ""we  had 
ceased  calling  for  money  and  supplies,  and  were  rapidly  winding 
up  our  affairs,  and  that  we  released  the  California  Branch  from 
any  further  duty,  except  that  of  remitting  its  balance  in  hand,  and 
in  due  time  furnishing  us  as  full  an  account  as  possible  of  the 
whole  work  of  California  for  permanent  record.  1  trust  the 
Board,  before  disbanding,  will  feel  the  importance  of  making  not 
only  an  accurate  and  full  statement  of  its  own  labors,  but"  will, 
as  far  as  possible,  collect  the  statistics  and  history  of  the 
whole  movement  of  California  (from  its  inception  to  its  close)  in 
behalf  of  our  sick  and  wounded  soldiers,  giving  due  credit  to  the  begin 
ners  and  those  who  stood  firm  to  the  end.  The  starters  of  the  original 
Fund  Committee  ought  to  be  remembered.  A  precise  and  credible 
history  of  this  whole  affair  is  due  to  the  honor  of  California;  and  voiir 
Board  cannot  render  the  State  a  better  service  than  to  employ  a  suit 
able  person  to  devote  himself  to  this  record  for  the  necessary  time. 
U  e  have  called  on  all  our  Branches  to  make  a  similar  return  to  us,  to 
appear  (in  its  results)  in  our  final  history.  That  history  may  employ 
a  year  or  two  in  its  preparation.  We  mean  to  make  it  worthy  of  our 
great  work,  and  the  American  people,  who  have  labored  through  us 
No  page  or  chapter  in  it  ought  to  be  more  brilliant  than  that  which 
California  furnishes !  Let  me  add  that  we  hope  to  collect  in  a  com 
mon  centre,  for  final  preservation  and  eternal  memory,  the  archives  of 
our  Commission,  and  the  books  and  accounts  of  all  our  Branches  and 
we  beg  you,  when  you  have  done  with  your  records  and  papers  to 


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.  them  to  us,  to  be  incorporated  with  the  general  store  in  some 
fire-proof  building  to  he  devoted  to  their  protection  at  Washington. 

Your  two  letters  of  the  12th  and  '2,'hl  of  .June  are  before  me  now. 
They  refer  first,  to  your  wish  that  we  should  forward  trophies  and 
objects  of  interest  connected  with  the  war.  for  a  room  in  the  "  Indus 
trial  Fair,"  of  September  next.  I  suppose  the  stopping  of  the  Com 
mission's  work  will  render  this  effort  superfluous,  and  unless  your 
Hoard  continues  its  existence  on  some  new  basis.  1  shall  assume  that 
it  is  abandoned.  Any  service  the  Commission  (which  will  not  form 
ally  break  up  until  October  1.)  can  render  your  Branch  (should  it. 
under  any  other  name,  hold  on  for  a  few  months)  in  this  or  any  other 
way  we  shall  gratefully  attempt,  if  the  Branch  renews  the  request. 

I  >h:ill  reply  to  your  four  questions  for  which  you  ask  telegraphic 
despatch,  by  the  wire.  But  1  will  expand  my  answers  here. 

1.  You  ask  :  "l)o  you  favor  the  establishment  of  a  Soldiers'  Home 
on  the  Pacific  Coast?"  I  answer  "Yes  ;"  but  not  under  the  auspices 
of  the  Sanitary  Commission.  We  are  going  to  give  up  the  ghost  fully 
and  finally.  VVe  shall  no  longer  consider  our  branches  as  ours,  after 
they  have  received  a  formal  notice,  as  you  have,  to  wind  up  affairs  and 
accounts  and  report  to  us  finally.  Several  of  our  branches  have  re-or 
ganized  for  local  work  under  a  'local  title,  and  there  is  no  reason  why 
YOU  .-hould  not  do  so.  You  can  then,  as  the  "  California  Soldiers'  Re 
lief  Association."  or  by  any  title  you  choose,  start  a  "Soldiers'  Home," 
and  collect  money  for  its  support. 

•_'.  You  ask:  '•  J)o  you  authorize  this  Branch  to  retain,  for  such  pur 
pose,  a  few  thousand  dollars  now  in  its  treasury?"  I  must  answer 
•'•  No."  Because  we  shall  need  in  winding  up, all  the  money  that  actu 
ally  belongs  to  us  and  has  been  raised  in  our  name,  and  we  have  taken 
this  amount  into  calculation  in  resolving  to  call  for  no  more. 

3.  ••  I>o  you  authorize  this  Branch  to  continue  to  work  a  few  months 
for  such  a  purpose?"     Again  1  must  reply  "  Xo."     Because  we  can  as- 
Mime  no  responsibility  after  disbanding  both  ourselves  and  our  branches. 
Your  Branches  will  carry  '-the  good  will"  of  the  Commission  with  it 
when  it  leaves  IK.  and  can  still  have  pretty  much  all  the  advantages  of 
a  connection  with  us  ;  but  no  formal  authorization  from  us. 

4.  '-How   long  will  contributions  from   this  coast  be  needed  by 
ypuf     Thank  God!  no  longer. 

I  beg  to  express  in  this  communication,  which  is  so  near  my  last, 
my  sense  of  the  admirable  service  the  California  Branch  has  rendered, 
and  the  successful  administration  you  have  enjoyed  as  Secretary  of  i 
I  rejoice  that  our  hopes  were  not  disappointed  in  your  selection  for 
the  post,  and  I  hope  your  recollections  of  this  year  of  service  will 
always  be  as  pleasant  to  you  as  they  will  be  agreeable  to  our  Board, 
who  have  profited  so  much  by  them. 

I  send.  a«min.  my  grateful  acknowledgments   to    each   and  every 
member  of  the  Board,  to  your  Honorable  President  and  indefatigable 
Treasurer,  and  each  and  every  hard-working   Committee-man!     My 
remembrances  of  those  faithful  and  useful  friends  in  San  Francisco, 
will  never  fade!     Thank  God  the  war  is  over!     California  and  i 
Francisco  have  a  noble  record  in  the  Humanity  which  has  illustrated 
our  generation  in  our  part  of  this  struggle.    Esto  perpetua ! 
Yours,  truly,  HENRY  W.  BELLOWS, 

Pres't  U.  fi.  San.  Com. 


80  EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE'S  REPORT. 


U.  S.  SANITARY  COMMISSIOY,  823  BROADWAY,  \ 
NEW  YORK,  September  15,  18(55.          j" 

To  0.  C.  WHEELER,  ESQ.,  Secretary  of  the  California  Branch  U.  S. 
Sanitary  Commission : 

*  *  Let  me  now  briefly  and  explicitly  (referring  you  to  my 
letters  within  of  past  dates)  say  exactly  what  the  present  position  of 
the  Sanitary  Commission  is. 

We  dismissed  our  Branches  from  duty  on  the  4th  of  July  last,  and 
I  telegraphed  the  California  Branch  to  that  effect  on  the  8th  of  July. 
Our  Branches  have  now  wound  up  their  affairs,  and  are  now  preparing 
their  final  reports  for  publication.  Of  course  it  was  impossible  to  stop 
our  great  concern  simultaneously,  at  all  points,  and  it  has  gone  on 
SLOWING  its  wheels,  at  New  Orleans,  and  Louisville  and  Washington. 
We  shall  bring  it  to  a  FI:LL  STOP  (with  certain  exceptions  hereafter  to 
be  named)  on  the  1st  October. 

These  exceptions  are  our  "Soldiers'  claims  and  pension  agencies," 
which  are  in  full  blast.  At  least  HALF  of  all  the  immense!  work  of 
settling  Government  claims  with  widows,  orphans,  and  .soldiers  them 
selves,  is  done  in  and  through  our  offices— saving  thousands  of  dollars 
daily,  to  oar  brave  boys  and  their  widows  and  orphans,  and  without  a 
penny  of  cost  to  them.  This  work  will  probably  exhaust  itself  in  a 
year's  time— perhaps  in  less  time.  But  it  will  cost  us  at  least  $100,000 
before  it  is  done  with. 

We  have  one  "  Lincoln  Soldiers'  Home,"  for  permanent  cripples  and 
helpless  men  in  New  York,  which  is  over  crowded,  and  which  may  be 
come  the  germ  of  a  National  Institution.  Some  place  of  refuge  for 
these  wounded  and  utterly  disabled  heroes  is  indispensable.  The 
States  are  all  loud  in  their  promises  and  their  rivalries  with  each 
other,  as  to  the  establishment  of  these  homes.  There  are  many  tem 
porary  refuges  already  established.  But  there  does  not  yet  appear  to 
be  any  well  defined  plan  for  anything  permanent.  The  two  chief, 
schemes,  one  under  a  charter  of  the  U.  S.  Congress,  and  another  under 
the  charter  of  the  State  of  New  York— each  containing  a  Board  of  a 
hundred  citizens  (of  which  I  chance  to  be  one  in  BOTH  coporations) 
have  TALKED  a  good  deal,  but  really  DONE  nothing,  and  I  expect  little 
or  nothing  from  either  of  them.  My  present  conviction  is  that  the 
Sanitary  Commission  (although  very  reluctantly,  for  we  are  sincerely 
anxious  to  conclude  our  labors  and  fling  up  our  responsibiity.)  will  be 
compelled  to  take  any  residuary  funds  it  may  find  in  its  treasury  at  the 
conclusion  of  its  assigned  work,  and  found  a  NATIONAL  REFUGE  for  the 
permanent  cripples  of  the  war— asking  the  nation  to  supply  whatever 
funds  may  still  be  required  to  keep  it  in  existence  and  satisfactory 
activity.  We  shall  certainly  not  undertake  this  if  anybody  else  will, 
but  it  looks  now  as  if  the  people  meant  to  throw  this  duty  upon  us  as 
the  natural  conclusion  of  our  great  Commission. 

At  present  we  are  deeply  engaged  in  preparing  the  final  History  of 
the  _United  States  Sanitary  Commission.  We  are  collecting  our 
archives  for  permanent  preservation.  The  burden  of  this  work  you 
will  appreciate  when  I  tell  you  that  we  have  25,000  documents 
(reports,  letters,  &c.)  in  the  Washington  office  alone.  When  our 
Branches  send  in  their  documents  and  papers,  the  amount  cannot 
tall  short  of  100,000  papers,  all  of  which  must  and  will  be  read, 
endorsed  as  to  contents,  and  filed,  and  the  history  of  the  Commission 


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be  composed  from  a  careful  study  and  exploration  of  this  rich  material. 
We  have  organized  a  special  Bureau  for  this  important  work,  which 
will  contribute  so  much  to  the  interior  history  of  the  war,  to  the  credit 
of  our  popular  beneficence,  to  the  honor  of  the  country  and  to  the 
general  service  of  Humanity.  The  several  Branches  are  engaged  in 
preparing  independently  their  own  final  reports,  which  will  be  full  and 
exact.  Their  reports  must  be  prepared  before  ours  can  be,  because 
the  results  of  their  statements  will  form  some  part  of  our  consolidated 
History.  We  are  stimulating  the  Branches  all  we  can,  to  hurry  up 
this  work  of  putting  on  record  their  labors  and  successes.  I  have 
already  urged  the  California  Branch  to  spare  no  pains  to  make  its  own 
record  full  and  thorough.  I  hope  you  will  employ  competent  and  ex 
perienced  hands  to  collect  the  very  earliest  history  of  the  whole 
soldiers'  relief  movement  in  San  Francisco ;  to  show  who  started,  who 
guided  and  who  inspired  the  movement  ;  how  it  grew  and  shaped 
itself,  and  just  what  part  the  several  COMMITTEES  had  in  bringing  it  to 
its  final  ripe  and  benignant  form  of  the  California  Branch.  All  the 
benefactors  to  the  fund  should  be  named,  and  full  acknowledgment 
made.  Your  whole  work  should  be  clearly  and  fully  written.  It 
would  make  a  volume  by  itself  dear  to  every  patriotic  California!!,  and 
it  would  furnish  us  with  the  materials  for  doing  the  golden  State  exact 
justice  in  our  final  history,  of  which  her  doings  must  form  one  of  the 
most  brilliant  chapters.  I  trust  the  California  Branch  will  lose  no 
time  in  setting  about  and  completing  this  indispensible  job. 

The  general  history  of  the  U.  S.  Sanitary  Commission  is  already 
begun.  C.  J.  STILLE,ESQ.,  a  member  of  the  Board,  and  a  distinguished 
writer,  is  the  historian,  assisted  by  Dr.  Parrish  and  Mr.  F.  N.  Knapp. 
It  will  be  a  lage  work,  fully  illustrated  and  designed  to  lay  before  the 
world  the  full  and  final  history  of  our  four  years'  labors  in  all  its  bear 
ings.  I  suppose  it  will  fill  at  least  four  actavo  volumes.  Our  aim  will 
be  to  put  the  condensed  narrative  in  ONE  volume,  and  throw  all  DE 
TAILS  into  the  other  three,  so  as  to  make  it  readable  by  all,  while  STU 
DENTS  in  the  science  of  relief,  may  find  all  the  instruction  they  require 
in  the  supplementary  volumes.  It  is  probable  that  we  cannot  get 
this  work  out.  with  all  the  necessary  maps  and  illustrations,  short  of 
two  years. 

We  hope  that  your  Branch,  after  using  your  materials  in  the  pre 
paration  of  your  own  history,  will  send  us  all  your  archives  for  per 
manent  preservation,  as  we  design  to  keep  with  sacred  care  all  the 
books  and  papers  connected  with  this  national  work,  for  the  future 
children  of  the  Republic. 

As  you  will  see  by  referring  to  the  inclosed  letters,  we  consider  the 
California  Branch  as  discharged  from  any  obligation  to  work  for  the 
benefit  of  the  U.  S.  Sanitary  Commission.  I  hope  that  my  official 
letter  discharging  it,  if  not  already  published  with  its  original  date, 
will  now  be  published,  with  the  explanation  of  the  delay,  due  to  the 
irregularities  of  the  mails  and  the  dreadful  uncertainty  of  the  wires. 

1  telegraphed  you  answers  by  date  of  September  8th,  to  your  four 
queries.  I  do  not,  however,  consider  that  the  California  Branch  is  any 
longer  under  our  orders.  It  need  not  wait  for  our  consent  to  do  any 
thing  either  with  its  funds  or  in  any  other  manner  which  it  choses. 
We  are  proud  of  its  deference  to  us  and  connection  with  us,  but  the 
hour  has  come  and  past  when  our  '-Branches  owe  us  any  obedience,  or 
when  we  can  recognize  any  relations  except  those  of  honor,  courtesy, 
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82  EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE'S  REPORT. 


gratitude  and  affection.  If  you  continue  your  existence  now,  it  must 
be  in  your  own  independent  character,  and  not  as  a  Branch  of  a  Com- 
'  mission,  which,  after  October  1st,  will  have  no  other  existence  than 
that  of  a  firm  winding  up  its  concerns.  If  yen  draw  any  other  infer 
ence  from  my  last  telegram,  (which  I  sent  simply  in  a  despairing  hope 
of  pacifying  what  I  saw  was  a  hopeless  confusion  of  missing  letters,) 
you  will  misunderstand  it.  I  refer  you  to  my  letters  of  July  9th  and 
28th,  for  a  full  understanding  of  our  wishes. 

Hoping  that  this  long  letter  will,  in  some  degree  straighten  out  the 
blunders  °of  mails,  telegrams,  etc.,  and  with  most  grateful  and  affec 
tionate  feelings  towards  our  late  Branch,  and  all  those  in  any  way  con 
nected  with  it, 

I  am,  dear  sir,  very  cordially  yours, 

HENRY   W.   BELLOWS. 
President  U.  S.  Sanitary  Commission. 

In  closing  this  report  we  take  great  pleasure  in  ac 
knowledging  the  courtesies  of  a  large  number  of  corpo 
rations  and  public  carriers  in  giving  free  passage  to  our 
agents  and  in  transmitting  funds  to  our  office ;  promi 
nent  among  such  are  the  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Com 
pany,  California  Steam  Navigation  Company,  the  Cali 
fornia  Stage  Company,  the  several  railroad  companies, 
Wells,  Fargo  &  Go's,  Bamber  &  Go's.  Express,  and  the 
Pioneer  Stage  Company.  Beside  these,  a  large  number 
of  minor  lines  of  carriers,  and  private  individuals,  by 
the  free  entertainment  and  aid  of  our  agents  in  various 
ways,  saved  to  our  treasury  no  inconsiderable  amount 
of  funds,  which  we  were  thus  enabled  to  send  directly 
to  the  relief  of  the  sick  and  wounded  of  our  Army  and 
Navy,  on  behalf  of  whom  we  tender  to  these  several 
donors  our  sincere  thanks. 

We  also  desire  to  state,  that  the  general  sympathy 
and  cooperation  of  our  whole  people  has  rendered  our 
work  exceedingly  pleasant,  while  the  plaudits  of  those 
high  in  authority,  and  the  blessings  of  the  multitudes 
who  have  been  benefitted  by  the  funds  we  have  trans 
mitted,   have  filled  the  year  with  sources  of  pleasant 
memories  for  the  entire  future  of  life. 
All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 
(Signed) 

D.  C.  McRuER,  R.  G.  SNEATH, 

A.  L.  TUBBS,  A.  SELIGMAN, 

G.  W.  GIBBS,  ALBERT  MILLER, 

Executive  Committee. 


TREASURER'S  REPORT. 

RECEIPTS. 

CURRENCY. 

COIN. 

Balance  from  Jas.  Otis,  former  Treasurer. 

A. 

From  Alvarado      Alameda  county  . 

$  355  00 
47  00 
35  00 
1000 

400 
55  00 

57  00 

1340 
3300 

500 

23400 

6400 
3330 

200 

$  12,559  28 

29475 
1,599  52 
52  75 
400 
4310 

712  10 

.">:>  oo 

237  50 
8295 
377  40 
308  25 
42  00 
15  75 
81  50 
71  50 
13725 
21  00 
1300 

22  00 
5  00 
47400 
3750 
8660 
91  00 
2025 
107  75 
55  25 
18900 
11  50 
24335 
868  90 
736  75 
435  60 
105  50 
935  50 
21  00 
15  00 
27  50 
1000 
3850 
1025 
1495 

"      Alameda  Alarneda  co  

"     Amador  City  .      ...  Amador  co  

"     Anaheim  Los  Angeles  co  .  . 

\laino  Contra  Costa  co  . 

"      Alleghany  and  Cum 
berland         ....  Sierra  co  

"      Angel  s  Camp           Calaveras  co    . 

Vmprican  Hill     .  .  .Sierra  co  

"      Antioch   Contra  Costa  co  . 

Alviso       Santa  Clara  co.  .  . 

Albion      Mendocino  co.  .  .  . 

"     Anderson  Mendocino  co  .  ... 

"     Ashton     Colusa  co  

"     Aurora.          Marin   co  

'•     An^el  Island  .    ...  Marin  co  

"     Auburn                      Placer  co  

"     American  Ranch       Shasta  co  

"     Antelope         Tehama  co  

3B 

From  Berrve^sa    Santa  Clara  co.  .  . 

"      Burnett's  Santa  Clara  co.  . 

"     Ban^or                       Butte  co  

''      Bidwell's  Bar            Butte  co  

"     Boise  City     Idaho  Territory.  .  . 

"     Benicia             .     .   Solano  co  

"     Bin^hampton            Solano  co  

"      Bear  Valley  Mariposa  co  

"      Brown's  Valley        Yuba  co  

"     Birchville                   Nevada  co  

"     Brooklyn        Alameda  co  

"     Bodeou              .      .  Sonoma  co  

Bloomfield      .          Sonoma  co  

Bolinas                   .  .  Marin  co  

Brownsville               Yuba  co  

Butte  County,   ....  various  polls  

Bear  Valley    •         Colusa  co  

Butte  Creek  Tow  sp  Colusa  co  

Bumvood       San  Joaquin  co  .  . 

Brandy  City           .  .Sierra  co  

Blacksmiths'  Flat.  Placer  co  

Byrnes'  Precinct  .  .  .  San  Mateo  co.  .  .  . 
Buena  Vista  Stanislaus  co  .  .  .  . 

i§       947  70  $  21,271  25 

84                     TREASURER'S  REPORT. 

Amount  brought  forwa 
C 

rd     

CURRENCY.             COIN. 

$   94770 
47  35 

500 

81  00 
2  00 
50  00 
5,000  00 
1000 
500 

1000 

26  (l() 
2  00 
11300 

22  00 
22  00 

10  00 
11  00 
49  80 

$  21,271  25 

:;.'!  50 
6  50 
11040 
•   20  25 
24  50 

140  50 
56  50 
16025 
30  00 
74  00 
20  00 
352  00 
28  50 
84  50 

49  85 
7  75 
1,469  35 
J02  50 
18  25 
6  50 
100  50 
498  05 
158  00 
255  00 
50  00 
138  10 
25  00 
14  15 
14!)  00 
36  25 
362  40 
23  10 
20  00 
32  00 
62  50 

16  00 
68  00 
283  00 
915  25 
12  00 
14425 
S4  50 
1  .760  56 
275  30 
210  00 

1,145  40 
20  00 

.Cahiveras  co  

(  'iiinpo  PGCO  

Calaveras  co  
Yolo  co  

**      CMuvton        

Contra  Costa  co  . 
Sierra  co  

*'      (1*iroy  s  Mills 

Alpine  co  

"      Cliirksville  

.  El  Dorado  co  .  ... 

'      C'ldSp'g&G'ldHill 

,  El  Dorado  co.  . 
Trinity  co   

'       Cox  s  Bar 

Casper  River  Mills 
<      Cahto           

.  Mendocino  co  .  ... 
.Mendocino    co  .  .  . 

'       Cherokee 

Butte  co  

'       Centreville 

Alameda  co  

"      Crescent  Mills   . 

.  Plumas  co  

"      Clinton       

.  Alameda  co  

"     Chinese  Camp  .... 

.  Tuolumne  co  .  ... 

"      Crimea  House  .... 

.  Tuolumne  co  .  .  .  . 

"      Chico 

.  Butte  co  

"'      Colusa 

Colusa  co  

•'      Contra  Costa  

.  Contra  Costa  co  . 

"      Copperopolis  

.Calaveras  co  

"      Cloverdale 

Sonoma  co  

'       Columbia  

.  Tuolumne  co  .... 

Cold  Canon  
'       Coloma 

Sierra  co   ...  .  .  .  . 

El  Dorado  co  .... 

'       Coose  Bav 

Oregon     

'       Coulterville 

Mariposa  co  

'       Cottonwood  

.  Tehama  co  

Collinsville    .   . 

Solano  co  

"      Columbia  Hill  .... 

.  Nevada  co  

"      Cottonwood  .  . 

Siskiyou  co.  .  .  . 

"      Crystal  Creek  

.  Siskiyou  co  

"      Caswell's  .  .    .  . 

Solano  co  

"      Churntown  

.  Shasta  co  

"      Copper  City  

.  Shasta  co  

"      Crescent  City.  .  .  . 

.  Del  Norte  co  .  ... 

13 

From  Denverton  

.  Solano  co  

"     Diamond  Springs.  . 
"     Douglas  City  

.El  Dorado  co.  ... 
.Trinity  co  

"     Downieville  .  .    .  . 

Sierra  co    .  . 

"     Dog  Valley  

.  Sierra  co  ! 

"     Duncan  Mills  .  .    . 

Sonoma  co  . 

"     Deadwood  

.  Placer  co  

"     Dutch  Flat  

Placer  co 

"     Damascus  

.  Placer  co   .  ... 

•'     Drytown  

.  Amador  co 

"     Dougherty's.   
"     Donors  unknown  .  . 

.Alameda  co  

"     Duroc  House  polls  . 
Amount  carried  forward  . 

.  El  Dorado  co  .  .  .  . 

1$     6,41385!$  30,92516 



TREASURER'S  REPORT. 


CURRENCY. 


Amount  brought  forward $     6,413  85i$  30,925 16 


From  Enterprise  it  String- 
town  Butte  Co 233  29 

••     El  Monte Los  Angeles  Co.  44  f>o 

••     El  Dorado  (polls).. . .  El  Dorado  Co 18  15 

'•     Eureka Sierra  Co .",11  mi  40300 

••     El  Dorado  County 100  on 

F 

From  Fairplay El  Dorado  Co.  ...  Ill  15 

••     French  Camp San  Joaquin  Co. .  19  50 

-  French  Corral Nevada  Co 193  50 

••     French  Gulch Nevada  Co 371  90 

••     Fiddletown Amador  Co 828  70 

"     Folsom Sacramento  Co  ;>!»  (id 

-  Forest  City Sierra  Co 11025 

"     Forbestown Butte  Co 216  75 

-  Forest  Hill Placer  Co 1.11087 

'•     Foster's  Bar Yuba  Co I  81  50 

"     Forks  of  Butte Butte  Co 700 

••     Forlorn  Hope Merced  Co 1100  800 

••     Franklin  Hill Plumas  Co 12  50 

"     Free  Bridge Shasta  Co j  4655 

From  Garrote Tuolumne  Co, .  40  75 

••     ( Jrass  A'alley Nevada  Co 2.278  10 

••     Garden  Valley El  Dorado  Co 1  5  00  130  40 

••     Grand  Island Colusa  Co 103  00 

••     Gazlay's  Pacific  Monthly I  800 

••     Georgetown El  Dorado  Co '  7  30          464  75 

-  ( Jreenwood El  Dorado  Co .....  58  75 

••     Grizzly El  Dorado  Co 10  00 

••     Gilroy Santa  Clara  Co.. .  !)4  25 

••     Gil.sonville Sierra  Co 77750 

';     Gold  Run Placer  Co 641  25 

"     Goodyear's  Bar Sierra  Co 3600 

"     Grizzley  Flat El  Dorado  Co 27  50 

••     Gold  JEHU El  Dorado  Co 150 

"     Gualala Mendocino  Co 20  00 

"     Gold  Hill Placer  Co 145  00 

From  Hayward's Alameda  Co 

"     Half  Moon  Bay San  Mateo  Co ....  ~  '  N 

"     Honey  Lake  Township i  l-s  " 

"    Healdsburg Sonoma  Co 1'b'°^<? 

-  Honolulu Sandwich  Islands. 

••     Howland  Flat Sierra  Co _  4:»!  -•.' 

••     Hornitas Mariposa  Co '  "'  j  •>  -•> 

«     HumSldt  Countv: '.  '.'.    X'.K&fc':'.  _W*  _J!^ 

Amount  carried  forward i*     9,015  85j$  43,209  02 


86                     TREASURER'S  REPORT. 

CURRENCY. 

COIN. 

$   9,015  85 
5  00 
23  00 

5  00 
2  00 
24  00 

15  00 

15  00 

5  00 

300  00 
60  00 
5  00 
1  00 
182  00 

5  00 

1  00 
2  05 

$43,209  02 
14  00 

12  50 
22  50 

89  50 
58  50 
51  25 
637  36 
95  50 
912  05 

200  00 
195  25 
62  00 
12  80 

12  60 
266  65 
8  00 

314  25 
101  00 
222  35 
43  00 
127  45 
382  75 
15  00 
48  00 
274  75 
132  50 
17  50 
112  50 
56  70 
87  25 
17  75 
8  37 
8  25 

33  00 
33  95 
100  10 
109  80 
653  55 
5  00 
24  00 
1,639  79 

From  Horsetown  Shasta  County  .  .  • 

"     Hay  Fork         •         Trinity  Co  

"     Hart's       Contra  Costa  Co  . 

"     Hanks'  Exchange.  .  .  El  Dorado  Co  

I 
From  Independence  Flat.Calaveras  Co. 

"     Indian  Diggings.  .  .  .El  Dorado  Co.  ... 
"    Indian  Creek.         

"     Iowa  Hill                 ..Placer  Co  

"     lone  Valley            .  •  Amador  Co  ....... 

"    Idaho  City  Idaho  Territory..  . 

J 

From  Jackson                     Amador  Co  

"     Jamestown     Tuolumne  Co  

"     Jenny  Lind..         .  .Calaveras  Co  .  . 

"    Jacksonville             .  Tuolumne  Co 

K 

From  Kelsey            .     ...  El  Dorado  Co 

"    Knight's  Ferry  Stanislaus  Co  .... 
"    Kyote  Lake  Co  

"    Knight's  Landin0"  .  .  .Yolo  Co  

L 

From  La  Grange  Stanislaus  Co  .... 

"    Lake  City     Nevada  Co  

'    Lafayette.                .  Contra  Costa  Co.  . 

'     Lexin°°ton                 .  Santa  Clara  Co. 

'    Lewiston  Trinity  Co  

'     Liberty                  ..  .San  Joaciuin  Co 

1     Linden  San  Joaquin  Co 

"     Little  River.       .  .  .  .Mendocino  Co.. 

"    Los  Angeles  Los  Angeles  Co 

'     Lockeford                .  San  Joaciuin  Co 

'    Lake  Valley       .     .  El  Dorado  Co.  . 

'    Long  Valley.             Mendocino  Co  . 

'    Latrobe            ...    .  El  Dorado  Co 

'    Loyalton  Sierra  Co.  . 

IVt 

From  Mt.  Ophir  Mariposa  Co  . 

"     Mariposa  Mariposa  Co  . 

"     Mayfield  Santa  Clara  Co 

"     Martinez  Contra  Costa  Co 

"     Marysville  Yuba  Co  .... 

"     Markleeville  Amador  Co 

"     Magalia  Butte  Co 

"     Mendocino             ..Mendocino  Co 

Amount  carried  forward  

$   9,665  90 

$50,428  04 

TREASURER'S  REPORT. 

Amount  brought  forward  

CURRENCY.   |          COIN'. 

S   9,665  90 

1  00 

23  00 

2  00 

5  00 
30  00 

32  00 
30  00 

2  00 

27  00 
2  00 

37  00 
120  00 
322  00 

19  00 

$50,428  04 
67  50 
332  30 
242  75 
128  25 
43  50 
42  50 
50  00 
18  60 
147  00 
41  60 
125  50 
155  00 
51  50 
20  00 
19  00 
53  05 
245  00 
212  60 
40  10 
109  00 
52  50 
13  00 
10  00 
8  00 
24  00 
15  25 

122  50 
191  73 
1.777  45 
155  05 
6  50 
255  30 
13  00 
203  50 
330  95 
140  00 
21  70 
379  25 
24  75 
42  35 
36  00 
69  00 
284  00 

544  72 
109  25 

221  50 
121  95 
90  50 

From  Meridian                  .  .Suiter  Co  . 

Michigan  Bluff  Placer  Co  

Minnesota         .         Sierra  Co.. 

Milpitas  Santa  Clara  

'     Me  Ailams  Creek  .  .  .  Siskiyou  Co  
Millerton         .       .  .Fresno  Co. 

'     Mountain  House  .  .  .  Butte  Co  

'     Monterey        .         .  Monterey  Co. 

1     Mountain  Ranch  .  .  .  Calaveras  Co  
1     Mokelumne  Hill  —  Calaveras  Co  
Mountain  View         Santa  Clara.. 

'     Montezuma         •     .Tuolome  Co.. 

Mooretown             •  •  Butte  Co  

'     Mormon  Island  Sacramento  Co.  .  . 

1     Mount  Eden          .     Alameda  Co. 

'     Moore's  Flat.           .  Xevada  Co  

'     Murphy's     Calaveras  

'     Murray's  Township.  Alameda,  Co 

'     Marion  Flat.            

Mpadow  A'alley         Plumas  Co  

Mountain  House.     .Sierra  Co  

'     Middle  "Waters      •  .Sierra  Co  

'     Mocasin  Creek         .Tuolumne  Co.  .  .  . 

Mountain  View         Eldorado  Co.    .  .  . 

VI 

"     Xapa  City.             .  .  Napa  Co  

"     Xevada  City             .Nevada  Co.. 

«     Xelson's  Point          Plumas  Co  

"     Newtown  El  Dorado  Co.  ... 

«     Novato                     .  Marin  Co  

'     Nicolaus                 .  .Sutler  Co  

'     Nimshew                 •  Bntte  Co  

'     North  San  Juan      .  Xevada  Co  

'     North  Bloomfield      Nevada  Co  

'     New  Gilroy  Santa  Clara  Co.  .  . 

'     North  Fork            .  Trinity  Co  

New  Almaden         .Santa  Clara  Co.  .  . 

Nortonville              .Contra  Costa  Co. 

'      Vavarro  River       ..Mendocino  Co.... 

'      Navarro  Mendocino  Co..  .  . 

'      Novo  Mills           .    .Mendocino  Co..  .. 

O 

From  Oakland                     Alameda  Co  

"     Oregon                     .  Oregon  

"     Orleans      Klamath  Co  

'•     Oro  Fino                  .Siskivou  Co  

"     Olema                         Marin  Co  

"     Orleans  Bar  Klamath  Co  

Amount  carried  forward  

$10,317  901$  57,836  49 

88                     TREASURER'S  REPORT. 

Amount  brought  forwai 
From  Oroville  

d 

cruuKxrv.          coix. 

.510.317  90  $  »7,836  49 

Mil.")  15 
25  Oil 
33  50 
21    25 

38  50 
15  00            45  00 
-175  10 
1    00          .'!!):',  -11 
133  50 
648  75 
403  00 
40  25 
152  00 
61    75 
111   25 
2  00            28  70 
15  00 
24  00 
14  00 
11  25 
54  00 

6  00'          198  00 

4-1   00           890  00 
514  00 
221    25 
84  50 
7  00           624  00 
3.-!  50 
61    25 
22  50 

335  00 
279  80 
129  50 
1  10  37 
353  35 
15  00           104  85 
71  50 
20  00 
31    00 
28  75 
10  00           333  70 
5  00          612  37 
58  00 
48  50 
43  00  j           57  00 

Butte  co  

"     Ocean  View 

Santa  Clara  co..  .  . 
Yuba  co  

"     Oregon  House  
''     Omega  

Nevada  co  

JP 

From  Patterson 

Nevada  co 

"     Pacheco  

Contra  Costa  co.. 
El  Dorado  co  
Idaho  Territory.  .  . 
Sonoma  co.         .  . 

"     Placerville  

''     Placerville  

''     Petalurna  

''     Pescadero. 

Santa  Cruz  co.. 

''     Pleasant  Valley  .  .  . 
"     Pilot  Hill 

El  Dorado  co  

El  Dorado  co  
Aniador  co. 

''     Pine  Grove  

"     Port  Wine  

Sierra  co..  . 

"     Poker  Flat 

Sierra  co.  . 

"     Poland. 

San  Joaquin  co.  .  . 
San  Mateo  co  
Shasta  co.  . 

'•     Purissima 

"     Prairie  Diggings  .  .  . 
Plum  Valley  

Sierra  co... 

"     Poverty  Hill  

Tuolumne  co  
Marin  co  

Pluma.s  co 

"     Punta  Beys. 

Q 

From  Quincy  

K 

From  Red  Bluff  

Tehama  co. 

"     Red  Dog  

Nevada  co. 

"     Redwood  City  
"     Rio  Vista 

San  Mateo  
Solano  co  . 

"     Rough  &  Ready.  .  .  . 
"     Rock  Creek  
•'     Roarin"1  River 

Nevada,  co. 

Butte  co  

Shasta  co  . 

"     Rattlesnake. 

Sierra  co 

H 
From  Slate  Range  Tship 
"     Smartsville  

Yuba  co. 

Yuba  co. 

"     Searsville  

San  Mateo  co  
Nevada  co. 

"     Sweetland  

<;     Saint  Helena  

Xapa  co. 

"     Snelliug  

Merced  co 

"     Sebastopol  

Xapa  co 

"     Scales  Diggings  .... 
''     Sierraville  

Sierra  co  

Sierra  co  . 

"     Sardine  Valley  .... 

Sierra  co.  .. 

"     Sierra  Valley  
"     Siskiyou  County..  .  . 
"     Scott's  River  

Sierra  co  .  .. 

various  polls  
Siskiyou  co  . 

"     Scott's  Bar.  .  .  . 

Siskiyou  co  
El  Dorado  co  

"     Smith's  Flat  
Amount  carried  forward 

|$  10,490  90  $  66,991  54 

TREASURER'S  REPORT.                     89 

Amount  brought  forward  

CURRENCY. 

COIX. 

510,490  90 

1  00 
10  00 

3,498  00 
22  00 

217  50 
122  00 
47  00 

i 

22  00 
13  00 
45  00 
11  00 

692  35 
162  00 

50  00 

1  00 
3,741  85 

10  00 

866,991  54 
86  7:> 
241   50 
293  25 
97  (M) 
105  60 
373  10 

10  7:. 

10  75 
749  05 
267  60 
24  00 
16  00 
85  00 
67  50 
67  25 

55  7  7.") 

15  00 
38  7:> 
442  50 
138  35 
102  60 
1,082  65 
707  10 
639  83 
166  35 
157  80 
18  00 
112  50 
16  -j:> 
106  50 
1.752  90 
35  00 
336  15 
158  70 
249  7:> 
308  00 
54  85 
50  00 
7  00 
13  00 
2  80 
44  00 
15  4') 
15  50 
80,092  80 

293  75 
44  37 
31  00 
223  50 
336  75 
52  50 

From  San  Pedro     Los  Angeles  co. 

Sonoma  Sonoma  co  

"     Sonora  Tuolumne  co. 

Somerville  Contra  Costa  co.  . 

Sequel  ..Santa  Cruz  co.  . 

'     Stockton         .         .  San  Joaquin  co 

'     Sutter  County  Polls  
'     Sutter                        Sutter  co. 

Sutter  Creek  Amador  co  

Suisuu  and  Fairfield.  Solano  co. 

"     Stevens'  Bar             .Tuolumne  co 

"     Smith's  River  Del  Xorte  co.  .  .  . 

"     Sacramento  City  ...  Sacramento  co.  .  . 
"     San  Bernardino.   .  .  .  San  Bernardino  co 

'     San  Die^o  San  Die^o  co  i 

;     San  Joaquin  Co.  .  .  .Various  polls  
'     Silverville         .        .Alpine  co. 

'     San  Luis  Obispo..  .  .  San  Luis  Obispo  co 
San  Lorenzo.     .         Alameda  co.. 

San  Mateo  San  Mateo  co.  .  .  . 

'     Santa  Barbara  Santa  Barbara  co  . 
'     Santa  Clara.             .  Santa  Clara  co  .    . 

'     Santa  Cruz   Santa  Cruz  co.  ... 

*     Shasta       .             .  .  Shasta  co. 

;     San  Andreas.             Calaveras  co  

'     Shaw's  Flat            ..Tuolumne  co 

'     San  Pablo        ...    .  Contra  Costa  co  .  . 

'     Strawberry  Valley  .  .  El  Dorado  co  
'     Strawberry  Vallev     Yuba  co  

'     San  Leandro  Alameda  co  

'     San  Jose       Santa  Clara  co.  .  . 

'     San  Quentin  Marin  co  

'     San  Rafael                 Marin  co  

"     Santa  Rosa  Sonoma  co  

"     San  Buenaventura.  .  Santa  Barbara  co. 
"     Saint  Louis  Sierra  co  

"     Sandy  Gulch.         .  .Calaveras  co  

"     Susan  ville                 .  Lassen  co.. 

"     Stoney  Creek         .  .Tehama  co  

"     Springfield   Tuolumne  co  

"     Sunole  Valley  Contra  Costa  co.  . 
"     Sportsman's  Hall  ...  El  Dorado  co  
"     San  Juan  .             .  .Monterey  co  

"     Summit  Plumas  co  

"     San  Francisco  San  Francisco  co. 

T 

From  Taylorville                 Plumas  co  

"    Tehama                .     Tehama  co  

"    Tele°Taph  City         Calaveras  co. 

"    Trinity  Centre.         Trinity  co  

"     Timbuctoo  Yuba  co  

"     Tomales  Marin  co  

Amount  carried  forward             

§19,156  60 

3157,90634 

12 


90 


TREASURER  S    REPORT. 


CURRENCY. 


Amount  brought  forward !  $19,156  60  $157,90634 

From  Tower  House Shasta  co 593  75 

"     Temescal Alameda  co j  .'55  00 

"     To wer&Bisby'sRch, Calaveras  co II    00 

"     28-Mile  House Stanislaus  co !  7  00 

"     Timbercove Sonoma  co 25  25 

"     Tule  River Tulare  co 19  00 

U 

From  Upper  Lake Lake  co .1  20  00 

"     Umatilla Oregon !  5  00 

"     Upper  Calaveritas. .  Calaveras  co ; '  JT  00 

•'     Ukiah Mendocino  co.  .  .  .  |.">  50 

•'     Union  State  Convention j  60  00 

i 

V 

From  Valley  Ford Sonoma  co 709  50 

"     Vallecito Calaveras  co !  42  62 

"     Vallejo Solano  co •!  35700          12815 

Vacaville Solano  co |  5  00            90  75 

"     Visalia Tulare  co ;  36  50            73  35 

"     Volcano Amador  co j  528  25 

"    Volcanoville El  Dorado  co 20  55 

\v 

From  Washington Yolo  co '.  2f>H  50 

"     Washington Nevada  co j  329  00 

"     Washington    School 

District Sutter  co 40  25 

"     Weaverville Trinity  co 145  75 

"    West  Butte Sutter  co HI  (jo 

'•     West  Point Calaveras  co ;j2()  70 

"     Wyand  Precinct j  17  60 

Wilmington Los  Angeles  co. .  .\\  5Q8  05            52  95 

Windsor Sonoma  co i  421  30 

Woodside San  Mateo  co 98  05 

Woodland Yolo  co |  15  oo 

Wyandotte Butte  co 80  00 

Whisky  Creek Shasta  co 233  00 

White  Oak El  Dorado  co 260  00 

Weber's  Station Sierra  co 13  00 

"    White  River Tulare  co 27  00 

Y 

From  Yankee  Jim's Placer  co 457  00 

Yreka Siskiyou  co j  22  00       1,225  00 

You  Bet Nevada  co 500          67300 

Yuba  County Various  polls 41  00          501  25 

Yuba  City Sutter  co 124  45 

Premium  on  Currency  Exchange 34  00 

Amount  carried  forward $20,170  15  $165,^7741 


TREASURER'S  REPORT.                     91 

Amount  brought  forward  . 

CURRENCY. 

COIN. 

$20,170  15 
4  00 
1  00 

$165,77741 
4,568  10 
1,889  41 
193  13 

Exhibition  Monitor  Comanche       i 

"          Great  Sanitary  Cheese  and  Bar  .  . 
Industrial  Fair  —  sale  of  Fruit.        

otal  

$20,175  15 

$172,42805 

RECAPITULATION. 

DR. 

RECEIPTS. 

Balance  receiv'd  from  Jas.  Otis,  former  Treas'r 
From  San  Francisco             

CURRENCY. 

COIN. 

355  00 
3,741  85 

16,039  36 
34  00 
4  00 

1  00 

12,559  28 
80,092  80 

73,125  33 
4,568  10 

1,889  41 
193  13 

•'     Soldiers'  Aid  Societies  and  sources  out 
side  of  San  Francisco.  . 

"     Premium  on  Currency  Fxchange.  •    .    . 

"     Exhibition  Monitor  Camanche  

'•     Exhibition  Great  Sanitary  Cheese  and 
Bar             

•'     Industrial  Fair  —  sale  of  Fruit  

Totals                     

$20,175  15 

$172,428  05 

DISBURSEMENTS. 

CR. 

CURRENCY. 

COIN. 

Advertising                       

j 

540  25 
25  00 

18,591  00 
1,018  90 

203  75 
225  75 
2,884  25 
5,396  67 
910  00 

1,254  77 
1,094  20 
5,976  93 
4,760  60 
146,006  45 

3,714  68 

Alass  Meeting     .    .                     

Printin^  .        

Salaries  

Office  Expenses      Rent                

Stationery,  postage  stamps,  loss  on  furniture 
and  incidentals             .                  

California  Relief                           

Premiums  on  Exchange                      

San   Francisco  Benevolent  Association,  for 
Relief  of  Soldiers  

$20,175  15 

$172,428  05 

92                     TREASURER'S  REPORT. 

REMITTANCE   ACCOUNT, 

To  GEO.  T.  STRONG,  TREASURER,  NEW  YORK. 

CURRENCY. 

GOLD. 

PREMIUM. 

New  York. 

1  Of  A 

September  2. 
October  12. 
Novemb'r  12 
December  2. 

891  00 
4,000  00 

2,700  00 

18,000  00 
10,000  00 
16,000  00 
11,000  00 

16,740  00 
14,300  00 
20,800  00 
15,510  00 

35.631    00 

28,300  00 
36,800  00 
29,210  00 

1865. 
January  3.  .  . 
January  18.. 
February  8.. 
February  11. 
February  21. 
March  10... 
March  11... 
March  22  ... 
April  5         . 

6,300  00 

3,500  00 
1,200  00 

12,000  00 
3,000  00 
50  00 

18,000  00 
2,300  00 
11,000  00 

10,000  00 
10,000  00 

14,000  00 

15,300  00         27,300  00 
3,465  00           6,465  00 
55  00!             105  00 
6,300  00 
17,820  00         35,820  00 
2,208  00  1          4,508  00 
7,045  54         18,045  00 
3,500  00 
4,522  95         14,522  00 
4.772  70         14,772  00 
1,200  00 
4,235  00         18,235  00 

April  7  
May  17  

September  1 

10,000  00  !          4.400  00 

14,400  00 

Acc't.     Chi 

cago  Fair  at 
various  times 

656  45 

317  45             973  90 

$18,591  00 

$146,006  45 

$131,491  64|    $296.089  09 

TOTAL  REMITTANCES  IN  CURRENCY: 

Remitted  by  JAMES  OTIS,  Treas.  Soldiers'  Relief  Fund. 

..$703,774  44 

"    R.  G.  SNEATH,  Treas.  U.  S.  Sanitary  Com-  , 

mission  California  Bra 

nch 

.   296,089  09 

$999,863  53 

It  is  due  the  Bank  of  California  to 

say,  that  a  very  large  part  of 

the  deposits  with  it  has  been  in  silver  taken  at  par,  while  the  majority 

of  the  Exchange   on  New  York  was  furnished  at  less  than  current 

rates.                                                R.  G.  SNEATH,  TREASURER, 

U.  S.  Sanitary  Commission, 

Cal.  Branch. 

